Acquisition of rights in a protected monument

Acquisition of rights in a protected monument.—

1. (1) The Director may, with the sanction of the State Government, purchase, or take a lease of, or accept a gift or bequest of, any protected monument.
2. (2) Where a protected monument is without an owner, the Director may, by notification in the Official Gazette, take possession of the same.
3. (3) The owner of any protected monument may, by written instrument, constitute the Director the guardian of the monument, and the Director may, with the sanction of the State Government, accept such guardianship.
4. (4) When the Director has become the guardian of a monument under sub-section (3), the rights and liabilities of the owner shall, save as shall be provided by agreement between the owner and the Director, be deemed to have been transferred to the Director.