CAP. 53]
Objection to declaration of
monument within private land.
Control of monuments
generally.
Antiquities and Monuments
[1986 Ed.
(b) at the request of the owner or a lawful occupier of a monument which is shown on a plan so deposited, deliver a copy of the plan free of charge to the owner or occupier.
4. (1) If a place, building, site or structure intended by the Authority to be declared a monument is within private land, then, prior to the making of the declaration, the provisions of this section shall have effect.
(2) The Authority shall serve on the owner and any lawful occupier of the private land a notice in writing of his intention to declare a monument therein, together with a plan clearly showing the situation of the intended monument.
(2A) The Authority shall fix to the private land a copy of the notice and plan served under subsection (2). (Added, 38 of 1982, s. 5)
(3) Within 1 month, or such longer period as may be allowed by the Governor in any particular case, after the service of a notice under subsection (2), the owner or a lawful occupier may object by petition to the Governor to the intended declaration.
(4) The Governor, upon considering an objection made under subsection (3), may direct that-
(a) the intended declaration shall not be made; or
(b) the objection be referred to the Governor in Council.
(5) The Governor in Council, upon considering an objection referred to him under subsection (4), may direct that-
(a) the intended declaration be made by the Authority in accordance with section 3;
(b) the intended declaration be so made, subject to such variations or conditions as he thinks fit; or
(c) the intended declaration shall not be made.
(6) A direction of the Governor under subsection (4)(a) or of the Governor in Council under subsection (5) shall be final.
(Amended, 38 of 1982, s. 5)
5. (1) Subject to this section, the Authority, and any designated person authorized by him in writing, may, for the purposes of this Ordinance, at all reasonable times-
(a) enter and inspect any proposed monument or monument;
(b) with the prior approval of the Governor-
(i) fence, repair, maintain, preserve or restore any proposed monument or monument;
(ii) excavate or search for relics in any proposed monument or monument and remove any relics hitherto undiscovered. (Amended, 38 of 1982, s. 6)