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Substituted by the Act No. 19 of 2001, S.2. 4 (c) ‘archaeological officer’ means any officer of the Department of Archaeology of the Government not lower in rank than Assistant Director of Archeology; (d) ‘archaeological site and remains’ means any area which contains or is reasonably believed to contain ruins or relics of historical or archaeological importance which have been in existence for not less than 1[seventy five years], and includes- (i) such portion of land adjoining the area as may be required for fencing or covering in or otherwise preserving it, and (ii) the means of access to, and convenient inspection of the area; but does not include any archaeological site or remains declared by or under law made by Parliament to be of national importance; (e) ‘Director’ means the Director of Archaeology and includes any officer authorised by the Government to perform the duties of the Director; (f) ‘Government’ means the Government of Andhra Pradesh; (g) ‘maintain’ with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes the fencing, covering in, repairing, restoring and cleansing of a protected monument, and the doing of any act which may be necessary for the purpose of preserving a protected monument or of securing convenient access thereto; (h) ‘owner’ includes- (i) a joint owner invested with powers of management on behalf of himself and other joint owners and the successor-in-title of any such owner; and (ii)any manager or trustee exercising powers of management and the successor-in-office of any such manager or trustee; (i) ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (j) ‘protected area’ means any archaeological site and remains which is declared to be a protected area by or under this Act; (k) ‘Protected monument’ means an ancient or historical monument which is declared to be a protected monument by or under this Act. PROTECTION OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND REMAINS 3.Certain ancient monuments, etc., deemed to be protected monuments or areas -All ancient and historical monuments and all archaeological sites and remains which have been declared by the 2[Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904 (Central Act 7 of 1904)], or 3[the Hyderabad Ancient Monuments Preservation Act (Hyderabad Act VIII of 1337 F.),] to be protected monuments but which have not been declared by or under law made by Parliament to be of national importance, shall be deemed to be ancient and historical monuments or archeological sites and