Protection of places of worship from misuse, pollution or descreation.

Education200447 sections

Statutory text

(1) A protected monument maintained by the Government under this Act which is a place of worship under active religious use, shall not be used for any purpose inconsistent with its character.
(2) Where the Government has acquired a protected monument under section 13, or has purchased, or taken a lease or accepted a gift or bequest or assumed guardianship of, a protected monument under section 5, and such monument or any part thereof is actually used every year for religious worship or observances by any community, the Director shall make due provision for the protection of such monument, or part thereof, from pollution or descreation-
- (a) by prohibiting the entry therein except in accordance with the conditions prescribed with the concurrence of the persons, if any, in charge of the said monument or part thereof, and connected with any religious practice or observances in relation thereto, of any person not entitled to enter by religious usages of the community by which the monument or part thereof issued, or
- (b) by taking such other action as he may think necessary in this behalf.

Study data processing for this section.

PDF: pending for this language.