DISCLAIMER: As Member States provide national legislations, hyperlinks and explanatory notes (if any), UNESCO does not guarantee their accuracy, nor their up-dating on this web site, and is not liable for any incorrect information. COPYRIGHT: All rights reserved.This information may be used only for research, educational, legal and noncommercial purposes, with acknowledgement of UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database as the source (© UNESCO). 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.