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(-0 If State Goyernment is of opinion that ,va.tioii tor archaeoiogical purposes m any area should be mid reo'ulated in the interpstn nf "Pol"! ft 1 fK w 1 pxcavation j-ui puipuaeb m any area snouid be restricted and regulated in the interests of archaeological research, the State Goyernnient may, by notification in the Oificial Gazette specifying the boundaries of the area, declare it to he a State-protected archaeological site. From the date of such notification all antiquities ^ 0,11 tiuuqumes buried m such site shall be m the possession of, and yest in the State Goyernment subject tp the payment of due cOm pensation to the owner; bUt in all othfer rfeSpfebts llfeie rigMg oof Power of State Govern, menb to notify areas as State-pro- -tected arcliaeolo- gicfal sites. 10 The West Bengal Preservation of HistoHcal Monuments and Objects and Excavation of Archacolo/jical Sites Act, 1957. [Weet Ben. Act {Excavation of Archaeological Site.—Sections 20, 21.) any owner or occupier of land in such site shall not be afiected except that he shall not be allowed to change the character of the vState-protected archaeological site. Power t/O enter upon and make excava tions in a State- protected archaeolo gical site.