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tn this Act. urlcss the context othcrwise rcquires.- Definitirrns (a) "ancient monument" means any structure, erection or monument or any tumulas or place of interment or any qlve, rock - sculpture, inscription or monolith, which is of historical, archaeological o!' artistic interest and which has been in existence for not less than one hundred years, and includes- (i) the remains of an ancicnt monument, (ii) the site of an ancient monument, Arunachal Sites and 32 (b) "antiquity" includes- (i) any coin, sculpture, manuscript, epigrap or other work of art or craftsmanship, (ii) an)' article, objest or thing detached from a building or cave. (iii) such portion of land adjoining the site of an ancient monument as may be required for fencing or covering in or otherwise preservirg sucl'r monument, and (iv) the means of access to, and convenient inspection of, an ancient monument; (iii) any article, object or thing illustrative of sciencr art, crafts, literalure, religion, customs, morals or politics in bygone ages, (iv) any article. object or thing of intcrest, and historical. (v) any article, object or thing declared by the GovernDetrt, by nolification in the Official Gazette, to be an antiquity for thc purposes of this Act, which has been in existence for not less than one hundred years; (c) "Archaeological Officer" means an officer of the Historical/Archaeological Section of the Department of Research, Government of Aruna- chal Pradesh and includes any oflicer authorised by the Government to p€rform the duties of the Archaeological Officer under this Act ; (d) "archaeological site and remains" means any area which contains or is reasonably believed to contain ruins or relics of historical or archaeo- logical importance, which have been in existance for not less than one hundred years, and includes- (i) such portion of land adjoining the area as may be required for fencing, covering in, or otherwise preserving it, and (ii) the means of access to. and convenient iospection of, the arca ; (e) "Goventment" means thc Govcrnment ol Arunachal Pradesh ; 33 (O "maintain" with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes the fencing, covering in, repairing restoring and cleaning of a protected monument and the doing of any act which may be necessary for the purpose of a protected monument or of securing convenient access thereto ; (g) "Owner" includes- (i) a joint owner invested with power of manage- ment on b€half of himself and other omers and the successor-in-title ofany such owner ; and (ii) any manager or trustee exercising powers of management and the successor-in-office of any such manager or trustee ; (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; (i) "protected area" means any archaeological site and remains which is declared so by the Govern- ment under se.tion 3 of this Act ; (j) "protected monument" means an ancient monu- ment which is declared to be a protected monu- ment under section 3 of this Act. CHAPTER II PROTECTED MONUI\,IENTS AND PROTECTED AREAS