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). 17.-1. If the Minister apprehends that the owner or occupier of a protected or listed monument or a protected relic intends to act or to permit any other person to act in breach of any restriction imposed under an agreement made under section 15 theMinister may by directions in writing prohibit any such action. 2. If an owner of any monument or relic or other person who is bound by an agreement under section 15 refuses to do any act which, in the opinion of the Minister, is necessary for such conservation, preservation or maintenance of a protected or listed monument or protected relic, or neglects to do any such act within such time as may be fixed by the Minister, or fails to comply with the requirements of an order made under subsection (1), the Minister may authorize any person to do such act and the attendant costs may be recovered from such owner or such other person. 18.-1. If the Minister apprehends that a monument or relic c is in danger of being destroyed, injured or allowed to fall into disrepair or decay, or that a monument or relic is threatened by any proposed change of use or development of land, he may make a report in that behalf to the Minister responsible for land matters and it shall be lawful for that Minister to acquire the monument or relic under the provisions of the Land Act c or the Land Acquisition Act as if the conservation or preservation of such monument or relic were a public purpose within themeaning of that Act -2. If the Minister apprehends that a monument or relic is in danger of being destroyed, damaged or allowed to fall into disrepair or decay, he may(a) where the owner can reasonably be ascertained, compulsorily purchase the monument or relic from the owner at such price as the Minister shall consider appropriate having regard to the state of preservation, conservation or maintenance of the monument or relic; (b)where the owner cannot reasonably be ascertained, acquire the monument or relic, and upon the purchase or acquisition the Government shall have good title to such monument or relic. 19. The powers of compulsory purchase or acquisition of monuments and relics pursuant to section 18 shall not be exercised(a) in respect of any monument or relic which is the subject of a subsisting agreement entered into under the provisions of section 15; and (b) unless the owner of the monument or relic or other person competent to enter into an agreement under section 15 has failed, within such period as the Minister may fix in that behalf, to enter into an agreement under that section or has terminated or given notice of his intention to terminate such agreement. 20. The Minister may remove or cause to be removed to a museum or place of safe custody any monument or relic acquired or purchased under section 18, which is not the subject of a subsisting agreement entered into under section 15. 21.-1. Every monument or relic in respect of which the Minister has acquired any of the rights mentioned in section 15, or which has been compulsorily purchased or acquired under section 18, shall, unless the Minister otherwise decides, be maintained by the Minister who may delegate such responsibility to a local authority within whose area such monument or relic is situated: Provided that where such monument or relic has been removed to a place of safe custody pursuant to section 20, the person in whose custody it is shall be responsible