Image credit: https://x.com/GemsOfINDOLOGY 2.21. Right of access to protected monuments: 2.21.1 Bare Act Provision: 18. Right of access to protected monuments.―Subject to any rules made under this Act, the public shall have a right of access to any protected monument. 2.21.2 Interpretation: Section 18 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 […]
AMASRA: 2.20 Section 17. Relinquishment of Government rights in a monument.
2.20 Relinquishment of Government rights in a monument 2.20.1 Bare Act Provision: 17. Relinquishment of Government rights in a monument.―With the sanction of the Central Government, the Director-General may,― (a) where rights have been acquired by the Director-General in respect of any monument under this Act by virtue of any sale, lease, gift or will, […]
AMASRA: 2.19 Section 16. Protection of place of worship from misuse, pollution or desecration.
2.19. Section 16: 1.19.1 Bare Act Provision: 16. Protection of place of worship from misuse, pollution or desecration.―(1) A protected monument maintained by the Central Government under this Act which is a place of worship or shrine shall not be used for any purpose inconsistent with its character. (2) Where the Central Government has acquired […]
AMASRA: 2.18 Section 15. Voluntary contributions.
2.18 Voluntary Contributions: 2.18.1 Bare Act Provision: 15. Voluntary contributions.―The Director-General may receive voluntary contributions towards the cost of maintaining a protected monument and may give orders as to the management and application of any funds so received by him: Provided that no contribution received under this section shall be applied to any purpose […]
AMASRA: 2.17 Section 14. Maintenance of certain protected monuments.
2.17 Section 14 2.17.1 Bare Act Provision: 14. Maintenance of certain protected monuments.―(1) The Central Government shall maintain every monument which has been acquired under section 13 or in respect of which any of the rights mentioned in section 5 have been acquired. (2) When the Director-General has assumed the guardianship of a monument under […]
AMASRA: 2.16 Section 13. Acquisition of protected monuments.
2.16 Acquisition of protected monuments: 2.16.1 Bare Act Provision: 13. Acquisition of protected monuments.―If the Central Government apprehends that a protected monument is in danger of being destroyed, injured, misused, or allowed to fall into decay, it may acquire the protected monument under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894), as […]
AMASRA: 2.15 Section 12. Purchasers at certain sales and persons claiming through owner bound by instrument executed by owner.
2.15 Purchasers at certain sales and persons claiming through owner bound by instrument executed by owner: 2.15.1 Bare Act Provision: 12. Purchasers at certain sales and persons claiming through owner bound by instrument executed by owner.―Every person who purchases, at a sale for arrears of land revenue or any other public demand, any land on […]
AMASRA: 2.14 Section 11. Enforcement of agreements.
2.14 Enforcement of Agreements: 2.14.1 Bare Act Provision: 11. Enforcement of agreements.―(1) If an owner or other person who is bound by an agreement for the maintenance of a monument under section 6 refuses or fails within such reasonable time as the Director-General may fix, to do any act which in the opinion of the […]
AMASRA: 2.13 Section 10. Power to make order prohibiting contravention of agreement under section 6.
2.13 Power to make order prohibiting contravention of agreement under section 6 2.13.1 Bare Act Provision: 10. Power to make order prohibiting contravention of agreement under section 6.―(1) If the Director-General apprehends that the owner or occupier of a protected monument intends to destroy, remove, alter, deface, imperil or misuse the monument or to build […]
AMASRA: 2.12 Section 9. Failure or refusal to enter into an agreement.
2.12 Failure or refusal to enter into an agreement: 2.12.1 Bare Act Provision: 9. Failure or refusal to enter into an agreement.―(1) If any owner or other person competent to enter into an agreement under section 6 for the maintenance of a protected monument refuses or fails to enter into such an agreement, the Central […]