Section 12
Purchasers at certain sales and persons claiming through owner bound by instrument executed by owner.
The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958
About this Act
An Act to provide for the preservation of ancient and historical monuments and archaeological sites and remains of national importance, for the regulation of archaeological excavations and for the protection of sculptures, carvings and other like objects.
Every person who purchases, at a sale for arrears of land revenue or any other
public demand, any land on which is situated a monument in respect of which any instrument has
been executed by the owner for the time being under section 5 or section 6, and every person claiming
any title to a monument from, through or under, an owner who executed any such instrument, shall be
bound by such instrument.