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Right of access to protected monuments – (1) Subject to any rules made under this Act, the public shall have a right of access to every protected monument. (2) In making any rule under sub-section (1) the State Government may provide that a breach of it shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees. "20A. Power to entrance fee.- (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, levy entrance fee in respect of such protected monuments, and at such rates not exceeding two thousand five hundred rupees per head, as may be specified in such notification :- Provided that if the State Government is of the opinion that it is expedient in the public interest so to do, it may by like notification, exempt, wholly or partly, any class of persons from the payment of entrance fee. (2) Such entrance fee when so levied shall be collected in accordance with the rules made under this Act" CHAPTER III Protected Areas 21.Acquisition of a protected area – If the State Government is of opinion that any protected area contains an ancient or historical monument or antiquities of historical, archaeological or artistic importance, interest or value, it may acquire such area under and in accordance with the provisions of the Rajasthan Land Acquisition Act, 1953 (Rajasthan Act 24 of 1953) as if the acquisition thereof were for a public purpose within the meaning of that Act.