(l) The protrcted monumcnt maintaioed by the Goyernment under this Act which is a place of worship or shrine shall not be used for any purpose inconsistent with its character.
(2) Where the Government has acquired a protected monument under sectionl2, or has purchased, or taken a lease or acbepted a gift or bequcst or assumed guardianship of , a protected monument under section 4, and such monument or any part thereof is used lor religious worship or observances by any community, the Government shaU make due provision for the protection of such monument of part thereof, from pollution or desecration-
(a) by prohibiting the entry therein, except in accordance with the conditions prescribed with the concurrencc o[ the person, if any, in religious charge of Compulsory acquisitron of protected monuments.
Maint enance of certain protected monumrnts.
Voluntary contributions.
Protection of place of *'orship from mlsuse, pollution or des;crtioD.
-16 39 the said monument or part thereof, any person, not entitled to enter by the religious usages of the community by which the monument or part thereof is used, or
16. Where rights have been acquired by the Government in respect of any monument under this Act by virtue of any sale, lease, gitt or will, the Government may, by notification in the Omcial Gazstte, relinquish the rights so acquired to the person who would- for the lime belng, be the owner of the monument if such rights had not been acquired.
17. Subject to any rules made under this Act the public shall haye a right of access to any protected monument.