12. Punishment : Anyone, who does the following works regarding any ancient monument 29 or any archaeological object which is under the custody of Government of Nepal pursuant to this Act or in regard to which the deed of responsibility pursuant to Section 5 has been entered into shall be punished as follows:
(a) One who destroys, demolishes, removes, alters, defaces or steals  having realized an amount equal to the claimed amount of such Ancient monument shall be punished with a fine of Twenty Five Thousand Rupees to One Hundred Thousand Rupees or with an imprisonment of Five years to Fifteen years or both.
(b) One who uses the ancient monument in an unauthorized way or harms it by any other means having realized an amount equal to the claimed amount of such ancient monument shall be punished with a fine up to Twenty Five Thousand Rupees or with an imprisonment up to Five years or both.
(c) One who destroys, demolishes, defaces, steals or removes or alters unauthorizedly or causes harm to the archaeological object by any other means, 33 having realized on amount equal to the claimed amount of such archaeological objects shall be punished with a fine a Five Thousand Rupees to One Hundred Thousand Rupees or with an imprisonment up to Five years or both.