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SEC. 28. Power to Deputize Other Government Agencies.
- The cultural agencies concerned, as well as the Commission,
shall have the power to deputize the Philippine National Police,
the National Bureau of Investigation, the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, the Philippine Coast Guard, and other local or
national law enforcement agencies, including the Bureau of
Fisheries' agents, the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources' rangers, the Bureau of Customs and the Bureau
of Immigration agents, members of the Office of the Special
Envoy on Transnational Crimes and other such agencies and
their successors-in-intsrest, to enforce the provisions of this Act
and its implementing rules and regulations. The said agencies
shall immediately detail their respective personnel to protect
the cultural items under the National Registry.
Failure to follow deputization order of the concerned
cultural agency as well as the Commission shall be penalized
in accordance with Section 49 herein.
SEC. 29. Power to Recover Cultural Properties. - The
Commission is empowered to recover or 'retrieve cultural
properties which are under the custody of foreign nationals or
entities and to bring these properties back to Philippine
custody.
SEC. 30. Anthropological Research and Archaeological
Exploration/Excavation. - (a) The National Museum, with
respect to cultural/archaeological/anthropological matters, and
the National Historical Institute, with respect to historical
anthropological matters, shall regulate and. control all
anthropological research conducted by foreigners; and all
archaeological excavation or exploration. Pursuant to the
foregoing, the National Museum or the National Historical
Institute shall deputize other agencies to protect archaeological
and anthropological sites. It shall be guided by the following
rules:
(1) All cultural properties found in terrestrial andlor
underwater archaeological sites belong to the State;
(2) No terrestrial andlor underwater archaeological
explorations and excavations for the purpose of obtaining
materials and data of cultural value shall be undertaken