This provision is adopted as Section 5 of the AMASR Act with some modifications. The colonial policy of acquisition is having an impression on the Section 5 of AMASR Act which is in force, causing serious violation of the rights related to holding property.
3.3 Acquisition of Rights in Protected Monuments: Read Post »
Based on this provision of Section 3 of the 1904 Act, Section 4 of the AMASR Act has been framed. The comparison of both the provisions shows following similarities and differences having an effect of colonial policy in the present statutory provision of AMASR Act
3.2 Declaration of Monuments as of National Importance: Read Post »
The definition of “ancient monument” in the AMASR Act of 1958 is outdated and incompatible with modern heritage preservation needs, primarily due to its rigid 100-year age threshold, which excludes significant 20th and 21st century sites like modernist architecture, industrial relics, or conflict memorials that hold contemporary cultural, scientific, or social value.
Enacted under Viceroy Lord Curzon’s administration, this legislation empowered the British-controlled Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to declare monuments of “historical or architectural interest” as protected, ostensibly to curb looting, vandalism, and neglect.
Chapter 3 Comparison of AMASR Act with 1904 Act: Read Post »
