In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— — U. P. Act No. VII of 1957

2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— "ancient monument" means any structure, erection or monuments or any tumulus or place of interment, or any cave, rocksculpture,, inscription or monolith, which is of historical, archaeological or artistic interest, or any remains thereof, an includes— (a) the site of an ancient monument ; (b) such portion of land adjoining the site of an ancient monument as may be required for fencing or covering in or otherwise preserving such monument ; and (c) the means of access to and convenient inspection of an ancient monument ; "antiquities" include any movable objects which the Central Government, by reason of their historical or archaeological associations may think it necessary to protect against injury, removal or dispersion ; (3) "Commissioner" includes any officer authorized by the Central Government to perform the duties of a Commissioner under this Act ; (4) "maintain" and "maintenance" include the fencing, covering in, repairing, restoring and cleansing of a protected monument, and the doing of any act which may be necessary for the purpose of maintaining a protected monument or of securing convenient access thereto ; (5) "land" includes a revenue-free estate, a revenue-paying estate, and a permanent transferable tenure, whether such an estate or tenure be subject to in cumbrances or not ; and Schedule 1 [The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904]] (c) the restriction of the owner's right to destroy, remove, alter or deface the monument or to build on or near the site of the monument; (d) the facilities of access to be permitted to the public or to any portion of the public and to persons deputed by the owner or the Collector to inspect or maintain the monument; (e) the notice to be given to the Central Government in case the land on which the monument is situated is offered for sale by the owner, and the right to be reserved to the Central Government to purchase such land, or any specified portion of such land, at its market-value ; (f) the payment of any expenses incurred by the owner or by the Central Government in connection with the preservation of the monument; (g) the proprietary or other rights which are to vest in his Majesty in respect of the monument when any expenses are incurred by the Central Government in connection with the preservation of the monument ; (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 which is a proper subject of agreement between the owner and the Central Government. (3) * * * * * (4) The terms of an agreement under this section may be altered from time to time with the sanction of the Central Government and with the consent of the owner. (5) With the previous sanction of the Central Government, the Collector may terminate an agreement under this section on giving six months' notice in writing to the owner. (6) The owner may terminate an agreement under this section on giving six months' notice to the Collector. (7) An agreement under this section shall be binding on any person claiming to be owner of the monument to which it relates, through or under & party by whom or on whose behalf the agreement was executed. (8) Any rights acquired by the Central Government in respect of expenses incurred in protecting or preserving a monument shall not be affected by the termination of an agreement under this section. 6. (1) If the owner is unable, by reason of infancy or other disability, to act for himself, the person legally competent to act on his behalf may exercise the powers conferred upon an owner by section 5. (2) In the case of village-property, the headman or other village officer exercising powers of management over such property may exercise the powers conferred upon an owner by section 5. Owners under disability or not in possession Compulsory purchase of ancient monument Power of Central government to control mining, etc. near ancient monument Maintenance of certain protected monuments

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