Section 5 in The Maharashtra Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Rules, 1962
5. Monuments when kept open.
(1)Protected monuments which are intended to be kept open during any specified hours shall be notified by the Director in the Official Gazette in the [form] [Substituted by G. N. of 15.4.1968.] as set out in the First Schedule; [protected monuments which are not so notified and to which neither] [Substituted by G. N. of 15.4.1968.] rule 3 nor rule 4 applies shall remain open from sunrise to sunset:Provided that, an Archaeological Officer may, by notice to be exhibited in a conspicuous part of the monument, direct that a protected monument or part thereof shall be closed temporarily for such periods as may be specified in the notice.(2)Nothing in this rule or in rule 6 shall apply to an Archaeological Officer, his agents, subordinates and workmen or to any other Government servant on duty at a protected monument.
