Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(i) The State Government may, by notification in Stote-- tlie Official Gazette, declare a historical monument to be a protected State-protected monument within the meaning of this Act. Sent* (2) A copy of every notification published under sub section (1) shall be fixed up in a conspicuous place on or near the monument, together with a notice that any objections to the contents of the notification received by the State Government .within one month from the date when the copy is so fixed up will be taken into consideration. (.3) On the expiry of the said period of one month, the State Government, after considering the objections, if any, shall confirm or withdraw the notification. (4) A notification published under this section shall, unless and until it is withdrawn, be conclusive evidence of the fact that the monument to which it relates is a State- protected monument within the meaning of this Act, 4, (1) The Collector, with the sanction of the State Aoquiiioion Government, may purchase or take a lease of any State- protected monument. diaiSiip of 1 • • 1 1 -1 • ^ (2) The Collector,' with the like sanction, may accept a protected ift or bequest of any State-protected monument. monuinent. /^) The owner of any State-protected monument, may, ] y "W^ritten instrument, constitute the Commissioner the nardinn of the monument, and the Commissioner may, with ?■[ f, sanction of tJie State Government, accept such C7 (4) When the Commissioner has accepted the guardian- hiP oi a State-protected monument under sub-section (3) ?ue owner shall,^ except as expressly provided in this Act have the same right, title and interest in and to the menu- rent as if the Commissioner had not been constituted guardian thereof. (5) When the Commissioner has accepted the guardian ship of a State-protected monument under sub-section (3). the provisions of this Act relating to agreements entered into under section 5 shall apply to the written instrument referred to in the said sub-section. iWhere a State-pr.o.tected ' jnonument is without an owner, fche;-'CoThmissioner may assume tiie guardianshiphi the monument. i - . rJ I I r - I I . I r? ' ^ 4 The West Bengal Preservation of Historical Monuments K and Objects am,d Excavation of Archaeological Sites Act, 1957. [West Ben. Aet (^Historical Monwments.—Section 5.) '• Freeerva-