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(i) No person, including the owner or occupier of a ?rotected monument or area shall construct any building within the protected area or carry on any mirring, quarrying excavating blasting or any operation of a like nature in such area, or utilise such area or any part thereof in any other manner without the permission of the Goyernment: Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall be deemed to prohibit the use of any such are{ or part thereof for purposes of cultivation, if such cultivation does not involved the digging of not more than one foot of soil from the surface. (2) The Govemment may, by order, direct that any building constnrcted by any person within a pro- tected area in contravention of the provisions of sub- section (l) shall be removed within a specified period aod, if the person refuses or fails to comply with thc order, the Deputy Commis;ioner may cause the building to be demolished and the person concemed shall be liable to pay the cost of such removal.