Section 9
Application of endowment to repair of an ancient monument.
The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904
About this Act
An Act to provide for the preservation of Ancient Monuments and of objects of archaeological, historical, or artistic interest.
(1) If any owner or other person
competent to enter into an agreement under section 5 for the preservation of a protected monument, refuses or
fails to enter into such an agreement when proposed to him by the Collector, and if any endowment has been
created for the purpose of keeping such monument in repair, or for that purpose among others, the Collector
may institute a suit in the Court of the District Judge, or, if the estimated cost of repairing the monument does
not exceed one thousand rupees, may make an application to the District Judge for the proper application of
such endowment or part thereof.
(2) On the hearing of an application under sub-section (1), the District Judge may summon and examine the owner and any person whose evidence appears to him necessary, and may pass an order for the proper application of the endowment or of any part thereof, and any such order may be executed as if it were the decree of a Civil Court.
(2) On the hearing of an application under sub-section (1), the District Judge may summon and examine the owner and any person whose evidence appears to him necessary, and may pass an order for the proper application of the endowment or of any part thereof, and any such order may be executed as if it were the decree of a Civil Court.