In force · As amended up to 2026-08
13. Acquisition of protected monuments .―If the Central 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 provisions of the Land Acquisition
Act, 1894 (1 of 1894), as if the maintenance of the protected monument were a public purpose within the meaning of that Act.
Source: India Code