Section 5 in The Ancient Monuments And Archaeological Sites And Remains Rules, 1959
5. Monuments when kept open. - (1) The protected monuments specified in the First Schedule shall remain open during the hours specified against them in that Schedule; protected monuments which are not so specified and to which neither rule 3 nor rule 4 applies shall remain open from sunrise to sunset:
[Provided that an archaeological officer, or any officer of the Archaeological Survey of India authorized by him in this behalf may, by notice to be exhibited in a conspicuous part of a protected monument, direct that a protected monument or part thereof shall,--(i)Be kept open beyond the said period; or(ii)Be closed temporarily for such period as may be specified by the notice .](2)Nothing in this rule or in rule 6 shall apply to an archaeological officer, his agents, subordinates and workman or to any other Government servant on duty at a protected monuments.
