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THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS PRESERVATION ACT, THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS PRESERVATION ACT, 1904. ACT No. VII of 1904 [18th March, 1904] An Act to provide for the preservation of Ancient Monuments and objects of archaeological, historical or artistic interest. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the preservation of ancient monuments, for the exercise of control over traffic in antiquities and over excavation in certain places, and for the pro tection and acquisition in certain cases of ancient monuments and of objects of archaeological, historical or artistic interest ANCIENT MONUMENTS 9. Application of endowment to repair of an ancient monu ment.------‑(1) If any owner or other person competent to enter into an agreement under section 5 for the preservation of a pro tected monument, refuses or fails to enter into such an agreement when proposed to him by the (Subs. by the Ancient Monuments Preservation (Amdt.) Act, 1950 (84 of 1950), s. 4, for "Collector".)[Director], and if any endowment has been created for the purpose of keeping such monument in repair, or for that purpose among others, the (Subs. by the Ancient Monuments Preservation (Amdt.) Act, 1950 (84 of 1950), s. 4, for "Collector".)[Director] may institute a suit in the Court of the District Judge, or, if the esti mated cost of repairing the monument does not exceed one thou sand rupees, may make an application to the District Judge for the proper application of such endowment or part thereof. (2) On the hearing of an application under sub‑section (1), the District Judge may summon and examine the owner and any person whose evidence appears to him necessary, and may pass an order for the proper application of the endowment or of any part thereof, and any such order may be executed as if it were the decree of a Civil Court.