Section 12 in Jharkhand Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites, Remains and Art Treasures Act, 2016
12. Acquisition of protected monument.
- If the State Government apprehends that a protected monument is in danger of being destroyed, injured, misused or allowed to fall into decay, it may acquire the protected monument under the provision of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (I of 1894), as if the maintenance of the protected monument were a public purpose within the meaning of that Act.
