Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(l) The State Archaeological Officer, with the sanction of the State Government, may purchase, or take a lease of, or accept a gift or be-quest of any protected monument or archaeological site and remains. (2) When a protected monument or archaeological site and remains is without an owner, the State Archaeological Officer may, by notification in the official Gazette, assume the guardianship of the monument or archaeological site and remains. (3) The owner of any protected monument or archaeological site and remains may, by written instrument, constitute the State Archaeological Officer the guardian of the monument or archaeological site and remains, and the State Archaeological Officer may, with the sanction of the State Government, accept such guardianship. (4) When the State Archaeological Officer has accepted the guardianship of a monument under sub-section (3) the owner shall, except as expressly provided in this Act, have the same estate, right, title 684 Declaration ofprotected monument, Acquisition of right or guardianship over protected monument. Agreement for preservation of ancient monwnent and interest to and in the monument or archaeological site and remains as if the State Archaeological Officer had not been constituted guardian thereof. (5) When the StateArchaeological Officer has accepted the guardianship of a monument site and remains under sub-section (3), the provisions of this Act relating to agreements executed under Section 5 shall apply to the instrument executed under the said sub-section.