Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(l) The Collector, when so directed by the State Govt., shall propose to the owner of a protected monument or archaeological site and remains to enter into an agreement with the State Government, within a specified period for the maintenance of the monument or archaeological site and remains in his district (2) An agreement under this Section may, provide for all or any of the following matters namely : (a) the maintenance of the monument or archaeological site and remains ; (b) the custody of the monument or archaeological site and remains and the duties of any person who may be employed to watch it ; (c) the restriction of the owner‘s rights— (i) to use monument for any purpose, (ii) to charge any fee for entry into, or inspection of the monument or archaeological site and remains, (iii) to destroy, remove, alter or deface the monument or archaeological site remains, (iv) to build on or near the site of the monument_or archaeological site and remains. (d) the facilities of access to be permitted to the public or any section thereof or to the State Archaeological 685 :I .. ·,·· . i l . . i . i ! . i Officer or to persons deputed by the owner or the State Archaeological Officer or the Collector to inspect or maintain the monument or archaeological site and remains ; (e) the notice to be given to the State Government in case the land on which the monument or archaeological site and remains is situated or any adjoining land is offered for sale by the owner and the right to be reserved to the State Government to purchase such land, or any specified portion of such land : (f) the payment of any expenses incurred by the owner or by the State Government in connection with the maintenance of the monument or archaeological site and remains ; (g) the proprietary or other rights which are to vest in the State Government in respect of the monument or archaeological site and remains when any expenses are incurred by the State Government in connection with the maintenance of the monument or archaeological site and remains ; (h) the appointment of an authority to decide any dispute arising out of the agreement ; and (i) any matter connected with the preservation of the monument or archaeological site and remains which is a proper subject of agreement between the owner and the State Government. (3) The State Government or the owner may at any time after the expiration of three years from the date of execution of an agreement under this Section terminate it on giving six month's notice in writing to the other party. Provided that where the agreement is terminated by the owner, he shall pay to the State Government the expenses, if any, incurred by it on the maintenance of the monument or archaeological site and remains, during the five years immediately preceding the termination of the agreement or, if the agreement has been in force for a shorter period, during the period the agreement was in force. 686 4 4 4 4 4 I 4 4 4 4 4 l 4 4 i 4 l i l 1 4 l l Officer or to persons deputed by the owner or the State Archaeological Officer or the Collector to inspect or maintain the monument or archaeological site and remains ; (e) the notice to be given to the State Government in case the land on which the monument or archaeological site and remains is situated or any adjoining land is offered for sale by the owner and the right to be reserved to the State Govemment to purchase such land, or any specified portion of such land ; (t) the payment of any expenses incurred by the owner or by the State Government in connection with the maintenance of the monument or archaeological site and remains ; (g) the proprietary or other rights which are to vest in the State Government in respect of the monument or archaeological site and remains when any expenses are incurred by the State Government in connection with the maintenance of the monument or archaeological site and remains ; (h) the appointment of an authority to decide any dispute arising out of the agreement ; and (i) any matter connected with the preservation of the monument or archaeological site and remains which is a proper subject of agreement between the owner and the State Government. (3) The State Government or the owner may at any time after the expiration of three years from the date of execution of an agreement under this Section terminate it on giving six month's notice in writing to the other patty. Provided that where the agreement is terminated by the owner, he shall pay to the State Government the expenses, if any, incurred by it on the maintenance of the monument or archaeological site and remains, during the five years immediately preceding the termination of the agreement or, if the agreement has been in force for a shorter period, during the period the agreement was in force. 686 Legally competent person to act on behalf of person under disability. Suit for proper appli- cation of the maintenance of monwnent. Failure to enter into agreement. ( 4) Any agreement under this Section shall be binding on any person claiming to be the owner of the monument or archaeological site and remains, to which it relates, from, through or under a party by whom or on whose behalf the agreement was executed.