Acquisition of protected monument

If the Government apprehends that a protected monument is in danger of being destroyed, injured, misused or allowed to fall into decay, it may acquire the protected monument under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894) as if the maintenance of the protected monument were a public purpose within the meaning of that Act.

as if the maintenance of the protected monument were a public purpose within the meaning of that Act.