The Manipur Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archeological sites and Remains Act, 1976

., f-s and' archaeologu‘al ~~ » vhe. than those of national zmportanc for the regulatibn of archaeologwal excavation: and for thé prutection of sculptures, carvings 9nd other like object's V . , ‘ BE»: 1t enacted by the Leglslature 'o‘f Mampur in “the Twenty—seventh Yea: Mkepubhc 9f Ind1a as o ——

R ANCIENT AND MSTO- I “E- .ND-g REMAINS

but does not include any ancient or historical monument dcclu‘ed by or under law made by Parliament to be of national importance: (b) “ant'i1uity” includes“ ' (i) Any coin, sculpture, manuscript, epigraph, or other work of .art or craftsmanship, (ii) any article, object or thing detached from a building or gave, (iii) any article, (bject or thing iltustrative pf seience, art, crafts, literature, religion, customs, morals or polltlcs _in bygone ages, (iv) any article, object or thing of historical interest, and (v) any article, * object' or thing declared by the Go-Vemment,., by, notification, to be an antiquity for the purposes of this Act, which has been in existence for not less than one bungled years: ~ (9 “archaeolosical site and remains’: means any area whith: contains. or is reasonably believed to contam ruins or relics of. historicaL op. archaeological importance which have been in existence for not less than one hgndred years, and includes— (i) such portion of land adjoining‘the area as may be required: for fenmng or covering in or otherwise preserving it, md (ii) themeansof access to, and convenient inSpection. of, the area}; but does net include any archaeological site or remains dedarcd‘b'y' or under law made by Parliamentto be. of national importance; ' (CI) “Government” means the State. Government of Manipnr : (0') ‘fGochnor” means the “GeVemor of Manipur” : (1") “Deputy Commissioner” means the Deputy Commissioner ofi-‘a district. and includes any Officer authorised by the Government to perform all or- any of the functions of a. Deputy Commissioner by or 'unaer this Act : ' _ (1;). “land” includes a revenue free estate, a revenue paying estate and ' a. permanent transferrable tenure, whethensuch an estate or tenurcfibe subjeCt to encumberances or not : ' (h) “maintain” with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions includes the fencing, covering in, repairing, restoring and, cleansing of a protected monument and the .doing of any' act which may,- be necessary §or the purpose of preservingta protectedmonnmem or of securing convenient access thereto : ' ’ I (i) “0w__rner’_’ includes (i) a joint owner invested with the power of management on behalf- Vof himself and other joint owners and the successor-in-titlc of any such owner rand ' _' (ii) any ,manager or trustee exercising, powers of management and th: ”successor of oflice of any such; manager or trustee ; ,

.. Lg) , “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made undergth-is‘Act "'(E) "‘pi‘bteeted” when used with reference to an ancient. or'histbriéal ‘ mohume'nt or Site which may be declared by the ’ Govemni'enthf‘under. sectlon to be 'a “protected monument” or a “protected area": (1) “protected antiquity” means an antiquity'declared by the Govetnmcnt under section to be a protected antiquity and includes any article, . . bbj’ebt. -or thing referred to in. ’Sub-ctause (v) of 'Sub-éeetidn ’(b) of ?Section (2). V ' ~ "(ih) “superintendent” means the superintendent of archaeblogy, "andincludu any officer anthorised by the State Government to perform the fififi'e: of the Superintendent.

All ancient and historical monuments and all archaeological sites and remains which have been declared by the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904 (Central Act VII of 1904), to be “protected monuments” or “protected areas” respectively, but which have not been declared by or under the law made by Parliament to be of national importance, shall be deemed to be ancient and historical monuments or archaeological sites and remains to be protected monuments or areas for the purposes of this Act.