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14. Any structure, building or other work erected, established, or planted in
contravention of the provisions of this Act or of any regulations made under this Act
shall, at the directions of the Minister, be demolished or otherwise determined
removed at the expense of the offender and the cost of repairing any damage caused
to any monument or relic shall be borne by the offender.
15- 1. The Minister may enter into a written agreement with the owner of any
monument or relic for the conservation and preservation of such monument or relic.
- 2. An agreement under this section may provide for all or any of the following
matters-.
(a) the maintenance of such monument or relic;
(b) the custody of such monument or relic and the duties of any person who may be
employed in connexion therewith;
(c) the restriction of the owner's right to develop, alter, use, destroy, remove or
deface any such monument or relic or to build on or near the site of such monument
or relic;
(d) the facilities for the access by the public or any part of the public to such
monument or relic and for the access thereto for the purpose of inspection and
maintenance thereof by persons deputed by the owner, the Chief Antiquities Officer
or a local authority;
(e) the notice to be given to the Minister, in case the land on which is situated such
monument or relic is offered for sale by the owner and the right to be reserved to
the Government to purchase within two years such land or any specified portion of
such land at its market value;
(f) the payment of any expenses incurred by the owner or by the Government or by
a local authority in connexion with the conservation and preservation of such
monument or relic;
(g) the procedure relating to the settlement of any dispute arising out of the
agreement;
(h) the removal, subject to the provisions of this Act, of such monument or relic to a
place of safe custody; and
(i) any matter connected with the conservation or preservation of such monument or
relic which is the subject of agreement between the owner and the Minister.
3. The terms of an agreement under this section may be altered from time to
time as agreed between the Minister and the owner of the monument or relic which
is the subject of the agreement.
4. The Minister or the owner of any monument or relic may terminate an
agreement under this section by giving six months notice in writing to the other
party of his intention to do so.
5. An agreement under this section shall be binding on ever)' person claiming to
be the owner of any monument or relic to which it relates through or under a party
by whom or on whose behalf the agreement was executed.
6. Any rights acquired by the Minister in respect of expenses incurred in
conserving or preserving any monument or relic under an agreement under this
section shall not be affected by the termination of the agreement.
16. If the owner of any monument or relic is unable, by reason of infancy or other
disability, to act for himself, the person legally competent to act on his behalf may
exercise the powers conferred upon such owner by section 15.
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