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Maintenance of certain protected monuments
Act: Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 1904
Section Provisions
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 11. Maintenance of certain protected monuments.-----‑(1) The (Subs. by the Ancient Monuments Preservation (Amdt.) Act, 1950 (84 of 1950), s. 4, for "Commissioner".)[Director] shall maintain every monument in respect of which the Government has acquired any of the rights mentioned in section 4 or which the Government has acquired under section 10. (2) When the (Subs. by the Ancient Monuments Preservation (Amdt.) Act, 1950 (84 of 1950), s. 4, for "Commissioner".)[Director] has accepted the guardianship of a monument under section 4, he shall, for the purpose of main taining such monument, have access to the monument at all reasonable times, by himself and by his agents, subordinates and workmen, for the purpose of inspecting the monument, and for the purpose of bringing such materials and doing such acts as he may consider necessary or desirable for the maintenance thereof.