Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Acquisition of rights in or guardianship of a protected monument- (1) The director may, with the sanction of the State Government, purchase or take a lease of, or accept a gift or bequest of any protected monument. (2) Where a protected monument is without an owner, the Director may, by notification in the Official Gazette, assume the guardianship of such monument. (3) The owner of any protected monument may, by written instrument, constitute the Director to be the guardian of such monument and the Director may, with the sanction of the State Government, accept such guardianship. (4) When the Director has accepted the guardianship of a protected monument under sub- section (3), :- (a) The owner shall, except as expressly provided in this Act, have the same estate, right, title and interest in or to the monument as if the Director had not been constituted a guardian thereof; and (b) the provisions of this Act relating to agreements executed under section 5, shall apply to the written instrument executed under the said sub-section. (5) Nothing in this section shall affect the use of any protected monument for customary religious observances.