Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Compulsory purchase of ancient monument.––(1) If 2[the Government] apprehends that a protected monument is in danger of being destroyed, injured or allowed to fall into decay, 2[the Government] may proceed to acquire it under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, as if the preservation of a protected monument were a “public purpose” within the meaning of that Act. (2) The powers of compulsory purchase conferred by sub-section (1) shall not be exercised in the case of–– (a) any monument which or any part of which is periodically used for religious observances ; or (b) any monument which is the subject of a subsisting agreement executed under section 5. (3) In any case other than the cases referred to in sub-section (2) the said powers of compulsory purchase shall not be exercised unless the owner or other person competent to enter into an agreement under section 5 has failed, within such reasonable period as the 3[Director, Archaeology] may fix in this behalf, to enter into an agreement proposed to him under the said section or has terminated or given notice of his intention to terminate such an agreement. 4[10-A. Power of Government to control mining etc. near ancient monuments.––(1) If the Government is of opinion that mining, quarrying, excavating, blasting and other operations of a like nature should be restricted or regulated for the purpose of protecting or preserving any ancient monument, the Government may, by notification in the Government Gazette, make rules :–– (a) fixing, the boundaries of the area to which the rules are to apply ;