Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
lf the State Government apprehends that a protected monument or archaeological site and remains in a danger of being destroyed, injured, misused, or allowed to fall into decay, it may acquire the protected monument or archaeological site and remains under the provisions of the Land Acqui- sition Act, l894 (Act l of 1894) as the maintenance of the protected monument or archaeological site and remains were a public purpose within the meaning of that Act. l3. (l) The State Government shall maintain every monument or archaeological site and remains which has been acquired under Section l2 or in respect of which any of the rights mentioned in Section 4 have been acquired. (2) When the State Archaeological Officer has assumed the guardi- anship of a monument or archaeological site and remains under Section 4, he shall, for the purpose of maintaining such monument or archaeological site and remains have access to the monument or archaeological site and remains at all reasonable times, by himself and by his agents, subordinates and workmen, for the purpose of inspecting the monument, or archaeological site and remains and for the purpose of bringing such materials and doing such acts as he may consider necessary or desirable for the maintenance thereof. CHAPTER III Voluntary Contributions l4. The State Archaeological Officer may receive voluntary contributions towards the cost of maintaining a protected monument or archaeological site and remains and may give orders as to the management and application of any funds so received by him. 689 Persons claiming under owner to be bound by agreement. Acquisition of protected monument. Maintenance of protected monument Voluntary contribution for maintenance of protected monument. ... ·· .~i .. ;I i ·I ._j ... ' :1 ~-' :· l .. j 'I 1 .... :1 .. I . I '.'i :.J Protection of place of worship from pollution, misuse, dese- cration etc. Provided that no contribution received under this Section shall be applied to any purpose other than the purpose for which it was contributed.