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

(1) Where the Government are of opinion that any ancient monument or archaeological site and remains requires protection under this Act, they may, by notification, give two months’ notice of their intention to declare such ancient monument or archaeological site and remains to be a protected monument or a protected area, as the case may be, and a copy of every such notification shall be affixed in a conspicuous place near the monument or the site and remains, as the case may be. (2) Any person interested in any such ancient 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, as the case may be, to be a protected monument or a protected area. (3) On the expiry of the said period of two months, the Government may, after considering the objections, if any received by them, declare by notification, the ancient monument or the archaeological site and remains, as the case may be, to be a protected monument or a protected area. (4) A notification issued under sub-section (3) shall unless and until it is withdrawn, be conclusive evidence of the fact that the ancient monument or the archaeological site and remains to which it relates, is a protected monument or a protected area for the purposes of the Act.