Article 49

Part IV — Directive Principles of State Policy · Constitution of India

Article 49

Protection of monuments and places and objects of national importance. 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.

In plain wordsMonuments, places, and objects declared by law to be of national importance must be protected by the government from damage, destruction, removal, or export.

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