(1) No person, including the owner or occupier of a protected area, shall construct any building within the protected area or carry on any mining, quarrying, excavating, blasting, or any operation of a like nature in such area or utilise such Relinquishment of Government rights in a monument.
Rights of access to protected monuments.
Restrictions on enjoyment of property rights in protected areas.
Restrictions on enjoyment of property rights in protected areas.
area or any part thereof in any other manner without the permission of the Government:
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall be deemed to prohibit the use of any such area or part thereof for purposes of cultivation if such cultivation does not involve the digging of not more than one foot of soil from the surface.
(2) The Government may by order direct that any building constructed by any person within a protected area in contravention of the provisions of sub-section
(1) shall be removed within a specified period and, if the person refuses or fails to comply with the order, the Director may cause the building to be removed and the person shall be liable to pay the cost of such removal.
20. If the Government is of opinion that any protected area contains any ancient and historical monument or antiquity of any interest and value, other than national interest and value, it may acquire such area under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Central Act I of 1894), as if the acquisition were for a public purpose within the meaning of that Act.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS
21. Subject to the provisions of section 24 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (Central Act 24 of 1958) an archaeological officer or an officer authorised by him in this behalf or any person holding a licence granted in this behalf under the Act (hereinafter referred to as the licensee) may, after giving notice in writing to the Director and the owner, enter upon and make excavations in any protected area.
Power to acquire protected areas.
Excavations in protected areas.
22. Subject to the provisions of section 24 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (Central Act 24 of 1958), where an archaeological officer has reason to believe that any area, not being a protected area, contains ruins or relics of historical or archaeological importance he or an officer authorised by him in this behalf may, after giving notice in writing to the Director and the owner, enter upon and make excavations in the area.