Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958
30.Penalties.-
(1) Whoever-
( i )
destroys, remove, injures, alters, defaces, imperil or misuses a protected
monument, or
(ii) being the owner
or occupier of a protected monument, contravenes an order made under
sub-section (1) of section 9 or under sub-section (1) of section 10, or
(iii) removes from a
protected monument any sculpture carving, image, bas-relief, inscription, or
other like object, or
(iv) does any act in
contravention of sub-section (1) of section 19.
shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three shall be
punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with fine
which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.
(2) Any person who moves any antiquity in
contravention of a notification issued under sub-section (1) of section 25
shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees; and the
court convicting a person of any such contravention may be order direct such
person to restore the antiquity to the place from which it was moved.