Section 12: Special powers of the Commission

(1) For the purpose of the discharge of its functions under this Act, the Commission may-
(a) for the purpose of discovering antiquities in any area, carry out excavation with the knowledge of the State Government concerned;
(b) by agreement with the owner of any antiquity (other than a monument) undertake its maintenance or any other measures which the Commission would have power to undertake if such antiquity were a national monument;
(c) if the Commission considers it expedient that any antiquity (other than a monument) should be preserved in a museum, and with the knowledge of the State Government concerned, arrange for the purchase or loan of the antiquity and its removal to a national or other approved museum;
(d) enter upon any land where archaeological excavations or other operations are being carried on, and inspect same.
(2)
The powers conferred on the Commission under this section may be exercised on its behalf by any person or authority authorised either generally or specially by the Commission in that behalf