Amendment of section 29

For subsection ( I) of section 29 of the Principal act, the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-( I ) Whoever-(i) destroys, removes, injures, alters, defaces, imperils or misuses a State protected monument; or(ii) being the owner or occupier of a State protected monument, contravenes an order made under sub-section (I) of section 8 or under sub-section (I) of section 9; or(iii) removes from a State protected monument any sculpture, carving, image, bas-relief, inscription, or other like objects; or(iv) does any act in contravention of subsection (I) of section 19; or(v) removes any antiquity in contravention of sub-section ( I) of section 23; or(vi) (a) fails to make a declaration under sub-section ( I ) of section 23-A; or(b) fails to give intimation under sub-section (2) of section 23-A; or(vii) fails to give intimation under section 23-B; shall,-(a) in the case of an offence falling under clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three years and in the absence of special and adequate reasons to be mentioned in the judgement of the court, such imprisonment shall not be less than six months and in addition may be punishable with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees;(b) in the case of an offence fallihg under clauses (iv), (v), (vi) or (vii) be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both;and in the case of an offence falling under clause (vi) or (vii) the court may, in addition, order the forfeiture of the antiquity in respect of which offence has been committed".