Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.- (a) "ancient monument" 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 monument as may be required for fencing or covering in or otherwise preserving such monument, and (iv) the means of access to, and convenient inspection of, an ancient monument; (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 politics 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 in the Official Gazette, to be an antiquity for the purposes of this Act, which has been in existence for not less than one hundred years; (c) "Archaeological Officer" means an officer of the Historical/Archaeological Section of the Department of Research, Government of Arunachal Pradesh and includes any officer authorised by the Government to perform the duties of the Archaeological Officer under this Act; (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, covering in, or otherwise preserving it, and (ii) the means of access to, and convenient inspection of, the area; (e) "Government" means the Government of Arunachal Pradesh; (f) "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 may be necessary for the purpose of a protected monument or of securing convenient access thereto; (g) "Owner" includes- (i) a joint owner invested with power of management on behalf of himself and other owners and the successor-in-title of any such owner; and (ii) any manager or trustee exercising powers of management and the successor-in-office of any such manager or trustee; (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (i) "protected area" means any archaeological site and remains which is declared so by the Government under section 3 of this Act; (j) "protected monument" means an ancient monument which is declared to be a protected monument under section 3 of this Act.