(1) The Security force shall assist the Board, to safeguard the Board property under the superintendence and control of the Chairmen of the Board.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Security Force to report immediately any information to the Chairperson about any attempts to commit, any offence against the provisions of the Act, or the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act (Karnataka Act 11 of 1963) or any rules or regulations or bye laws made there under.
(3) The following shall be the duties of the Security force namely:-
(a) to prevent unauthorized occupation on any land belonging to the Board including prevention of encroachments;
(b) o prevent unauthorized construction of buildings and formation of layouts in the land belonging to the Board;
(c) to prevent construction of buildings in violation of the provisions of Zonal regulations or the plan approved by the Board;
(d) to supervise that no activities shall be made without prior approval of the Board within the local planning area, under this Act and the following Acts, namely:-
(i) The Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 11 of 1963);
(ii) The Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964(Karnataka Act 22 of 1964);
(iii) The Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1993);
(iv) The Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 12 of 1964);
(v) The Karnataka Ancient and Historical Movements and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1961 and rules 1965 made there under;
(vi) The Karnataka Treasure Trove Act, 1962 and rules 1963 made there under;
(vii) The Ancient Monuments Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 and the Ancient Monuments Archaeological Sites and Remains Rules, 1959; and
(viii) The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2010.
(e) to not to allow constructions which result in change of land use and to detect the committing of any offence or attempt to commit or conspiracy to commit offence and identification, investigation and prosecution of persons involved in such offence.
(4) The Security Force shall cause night patrolling around the monuments wherever necessary, as may be decided by the Board.
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(5) The Security Force shall co-ordinate and co-operate with the Security division of the Archaeological Survey of India Government of India and Department of Archaeology Museums and Heritage, Government of Karnataka, Local Board and also with the other departments concerned.
(6) The Chief of the Security Force shall be the officer declared as the Competent Board under sub-section (2) of section 31 of the Act for action under the Karnataka Public premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1974.
(Karnataka Act 32 of 1974)
(7) The Security Force shall assist the Board in enforcing the decisions on security matters, taken from time to time.
(8) The Security Force shall assist the Board in maintaining the boundaries of the Local Planning area.
(9) It shall be the duty of Chief of the Security Force to send periodical statements or progress reports to the Board.
(10) In order to achieve the purposes of the Act and the rules, the Chief of the Security Force shall see that the security force is always on alert and its men and material are in good condition.