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Enforcement of agreement.––(1) If the 1[Director, Archaeology] apprehends that the owner or occupier of a monument intends to destroy, remove, alter, deface or imperil the monument or to build on or near the site thereof in contravention of the terms of an agreement for its preservation under section 5, the 2[Deputy Commissioner] on the motion of the 1[Director, Archaeology] may make an order prohibiting any such contravention of the agreement. (2) If an owner or other person who is bound by an agreement for the preservation or maintenance of a monument under section 5, refuses to do any act which is in the opinion of the 1[Director, Archaeology] necessary to such preservation or maintenance, or neglects to do any such act within such reasonable time as may be fixed by the 1[Director, Archaeology], the 1[Director, Archaeology], may authorise any person to do any such act, and the expense of doing any such act or such portion of the expense as the owner may be liable to pay under the agreement may be recovered from the owner as if it were an arrear of land revenue. (3) A person aggrieved by an order made under this section may appeal to the Minister, who may cancel or modify it and whose decision shall be final.