6. Property vested in or placed under the control of the Trustees.— (1) All the property,
whether movable or immovable, which at the commencement of this Act is held by the Trustees of the
Indian Museum constituted by the 2
Indian Museum Act, 1876 (22 of 1876) on trust for the purposes of the
said Museum shall, together with any such property which may hereinafter be given, bequeathed,
transferred or acquired for the said purposes, vest in the Trustees of the Indian Museum constituted by
this Act on trust for the purposes of the said Museum:
Provided that the Trustees may expend the capital of any portion of such property which may consist
of money on the maintenance, improvement and enlargement of the collections deposited in, presented to
or purchased for, the said Museum or otherwise for the purposes of the same as they may think fit.
(2) The Trustees shall have the exclusive possession, occupation and control, for the purposes of such
trust, of the land specified in the schedule, including any buildings which may have been, or may
hereafter be, erected thereon, other than those portions thereof which have been set apart by the Trustees
for the records and offices of the Geological Survey of India.
7. Power to Trustees to exchange, sell and destroy articles in collections.—Subject to the
provisions of any bye-laws made in this behalf, the Trustees may, from time to time,—
(a) deliver, by way of loan, to any person the whole or any portion of, or any article contained in,
any collection vested in them under this Act;
(b) exchange or sell duplicates of articles contained in any such collection and take or purchase,
in the place of such duplicates, such articles as may in their opinion be worthy of preservation in the
Museum;
(c) present duplicates of articles contained in any such collection to other Museums in 3
[India];
and
(d) remove and destroy any article contained in any such collection.
8. Power to Trustees to make bye-laws.—(1) the Trustees may from time to time, with the
previous sanction of the Central Government,
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[make by notification in the Official Gazette, bye-laws]
consistent with this Act 5
[and the rules made thereunder] for any purpose necessary for the execution of
their trust.
1. Subs. by Act 45 of 1960, s. 4, ibid., for “any office specified in section 2, clause (a)”.
2. Rep. by this Act, s. 17.
3. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for “the Provinces”.
4. Subs. by Act 20 of 1983, s. 2 and the Schedule, for “make bye-laws” (w.e.f. 15-3-1984).
5. Ins. by Act 45 of 1960, s. 6.
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(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such 1
[bye-laws] may provide
for—
(a) the summoning, holding and adjournment of general and special meetings of the Trustees;
(b) the securing of the attendance of Trustees at such meetings;
(c) the provision and keeping of minute-books and account-books;
(d) the compiling of catalogues;
(e) the lending of articles contained in the collections vested in the Trustees;
(f) the exchange and sale, and the presentation to other Museums in 2
[India], of duplicates of articles
contained in such collections;
(g) the removal and destruction of articles contained in such collections; and
(h) the general management of the Museum.
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[(3) The Central Government shall cause every bye-law made under this section to be laid as soon as may be
after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may
be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session
immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any
modification in the bye-law or both Houses agree that the bye-law should not be made, the bye-law shall
thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such
modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that
bye-law.]
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[9. Power of Trustees to appoint officers and servants.—(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2),
the Trustees may appoint such officers and servants as they may consider necessary or proper for the care or
management of the trust-property, and determine their functions.
(2) The recruitment and the conditions of service of such officers and servants shall be regulated by rules
made under this Act.]