Indian Museum Act, 1910
No: 10 Dated: Mar, 18 1910
THE INDIAN MUSEUM ACT, 1910
ACT NO. 10 OF 1910
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Indian Museum.
WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Indian Museum;
It is hereby enacted as follows:—
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Indian Museum Act, 1910.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, may direct.
INCORPORATION OF THE-TRUSTEES
2. Constitution and incorporation of the Trustees of the Indian Museum.—[(1) The Trustees of the Indian Museum (hereinafter referred to as the Trustees) shall be—
(a) the Governor of West Bengal, ex officio Chairman;
(b) the Secretary to the. Government of India in the Ministry concerned with matters relating to the Indian Museum, ex officio;
(c) the Mayor of the Corporation of Calcutta, ex officio;
(d) the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta, ex officio;
(e) the Accountant-General, West Bengal, ex officio;
(f) four persons to be nominated by the Central Government, one of whom shall be a representative of commerce and industry chosen in consultation with the Government of West Bengal;
(g) one person to be nominated by the Government of West Bengal;
(h) one person to be nominated by the Council of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta: Provided that if any of the Trustees referred to in clauses (b), (c) (d) and (e) is unable to attend any meeting of the Trustees, he may, with the previous approval of the Chairman, authorise a person in writing to do so.]
(2) The Trustees shall be a body corporate, by the name of “The Trustees of the Indian Museum”, with perpetual succession and a common seal, and in that name shall sue and be sued, and shall have power to acquire and hold property, to enter into contracts, and to do all acts necessary for and consistent with the purposes of this Act.
(3) The nominated Trustees shall, save as herein otherwise provided, hold office for a period of three years: Provided that the authority nominating a Trustee may extend his term of office for one or more like periods.
3. Minimum number of Trustees and quorum.—(1) The powers of the said body corporate may only be exercised so long and so often as there are [six] members thereof.
(2) The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a meeting of the Trustees shall not be less than [four].
4. Power to appoint stew Trustees.—If a nominated Trustee—
(a) dies, or
(b) is absent from the meetings of the Trustees for more than twelve consecutive months, or
(c) desires to be discharged, or
(d) refuses or becomes incapable to act, or
(e) is appointed to perform the duties of [any of the offices specified in clauses (a) to (e) of sub-section (1) of section 2],
the authority which nominated the Trustee may nominate a new Trustee in his place