Power of State Government to declare ancient monuments, etc. to be protected monuments or protected areas

Power of State Government to declare ancient monuments, etc. to be protected monuments or protected areas.—

1. (1) Where the State Government is of opinion that any ancient and historical monument or archaeological site and remains not for the time being protected under section 3, is of national importance, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, give two months' notice of its intention to declare such ancient and historical monument or archaeological site and remains to be a protected monument or a protected area and a copy of every such notification shall be affixed in a conspicuous place near the monument or site.
2. (2) Any person interested in any such ancient and historical monument or archaeological site and remains may, within two months after the issue of the notification, object to the declaration of the monument or the archaeological site and remains to be a protected monument or a protected area.
3. (3) On the expiry of the said period of two months, the State Government may, after considering the objections, if any, received by it, declare by notification in the Official Gazette, such ancient and historical monument or archaeological site and remains to be a protected monument or a protected area.
4. (4) A notification published under sub-section
5. (3) shall, unless and until it is cancelled by the State Government, be conclusive evidence of the fact that the ancient and historical monument or the archaeological site and remains to which it relates, is a protected monument or a protected area for the purposes of this Act.