Constitution of India
Article

Article 49

The Constitution of India

Protection of monuments and places and objects of national importance

49. It shall be the obligation of the State to protect every monument or place or object of artistic or historic interest, [declared by or under law made by Parliament]* to be of national importance, from spoliation, disfigurement, destruction, removal, disposal or export, as the case may be.

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* Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 27, for "declared by Parliament by law"
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