In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.
….4 4, a. “ancient monuments” means any structure, erection or monument or any tumulus or place of interment, or any cave, rock-sculpture, inscription or monolith, which is of historical, archaeological or artistic interest and which has been in existence for not less than one hundred years and includes:
i. The remains of an ancient monument, ii. the site of an ancient monument, iii. such portion of land adjoining the site of an ancient monuments as may be required for fencing or covering in or otherwise preserving such monument iv. the gardens, if any, appurtenant to an ancient monument, and v. The means of access to, and convenient inspection of an ancient monuments;
but does not include any ancient or historical monument declared by or under law made by Parliament to be of national importance;
b. “antiquity” includes i. any coin, sculpture, manuscript, epigraph, or other work of art or craftsmanship, ii. any article, object or thing detached from a building or cave, iii. any article, object or thing illustrative of science, art, crafts, literature, religion, customs, morals or polities in bygone ages, iv. any article, object or thing of historical interest, and v. any article, object or thing declared by the Government, by notification, to be an antiquity for the purpose of this Act, which has been in existence for not than one hundred years;
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c. “archaeological officer” means any officer appointed by the Government, by notification, to be an archaeological officer for the purposes or this Act for such areas as may be specified in the notifications;
d. “archaeological site and remains” means any area which contains or is reasonably believed to contain ruins or relics of historical or archaeological importance which have been in existence for not less than one hundred years, and includes:- i. such portion of land adjoining the area as may be required for fencing or covering in or otherwise preserving it, and ii. the means of access to, and convenient inspection of, the area;
But does not include any archaeological site or remains declared by or under law made by Parliament to be of national importance;
5. “Director” means the Director of Archaeology and includes any officer authorized by the Government, by notification, to exercise the powers conferred on, and discharge the duties imposed upon, the Director under this Act;
f. “Government” means the State Government;
g. “maintain” with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes the fencing, covering in, repairing, restoring and cleaning of a protected monument, and the doing of any act which maybe necessary for the purpose of preserving a protected monument or of securing convenient access thereto;
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