Rampur Raza Library Act, 1975
No: 22 Dated: May, 09 1975
THE RAMPUR RAZA LIBRARY ACT, 1975
ACT NO. 22 OF 1975
An Act to declare the Rampur Raza Library to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its administration and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Rampur Raza Library Act, 1975.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Declaration of Rampur Raza Library as an institution of national importance.—It is hereby declared that the Rampur Raza Library, at Rampur, is an institution of national importance.
3. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the contest otherwise requires,—
(a) “Board” means the Board established under section 4;
(b) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board;
(c) “deed of trust” means the deed of trust executed by the late Nawab Sir Syed Raza Ali Khan Bahadur of Rampur, on the 6th August, 1951, and registered as No. 103, Book IV, Volume No. 8, on pages 74 to 93 of the Office of the officiating Chief Sub-Registrar, Rampur;
(d) “Fund” means the Fund referred to in section 19;
(e) “library” means the Rampur Raza Library, which is declared by this Act to be an institution of national importance;
(f) “member” means a member of the Board and includes the Chairman, and also includes the Vice-Chairman, if any;
(g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(h) “Rampur” means the headquarters of the District of Rampur in the State of Uttar Pradesh;
(i) “State Government” means the Government of the State of Uttar Pradesh.
CHAPTER II
RAMPUR RAZA LIBRARY BOARD
4. Establishment and incorporation of Board.—(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, there shall be established, for the purposes of this Act, a Board, to be known as the “Rampur Raza Library Board”.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate with the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract, and may, by that name, sue and, be sued.