law: Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958
  PROTECTED MONUMENTS
  5.Acquisition of rights in a protected
  
  monument.-
  (1) The Director-General may, with the sanction 
  
  of the Central Government, purchase, or take a lease of, or accept a gift or 
  
  bequest of, any protected monument.
  (2) Where a protected monument is without an owner, the Director-General may,
  
  by notification in the Official Gazette, assume the guardianship of the
  
  monument.
  (3) The owner of any protected monument may, by written instrument, constitute
  
  the Director-General the guardian of the monument, and the Director-General the
  
  guardian of the monument, and the Director-General may, with the sanction of
  
  the Central Government, accept such guardianship.
  (4) When the Director-General has accepted the
  
  guardianship of a monument under sub-section (3), the owner shall, except as
  
  expressly provided in this Act, have the same estate, right, title and interest
  
  in and to the monument as if the Director-General had not been constituted a
  
  guardian thereof.
  (5) When the Director-General has accepted the
  
  guardianship of a monument under sub-section (3), the provisions of this Act
  
  relating to agreements executed under section 6 shall apply to the written to
  
  agreements executed under the said sub-section.
  (6) Nothing in this section shall affect the use of any protected monument for
  
  customary religious observations.