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[10. Budget.—The Trustees shall, by such date in each financial year as may be specified by the Central
Government, submit to that Government for approval, in the form specified by that Government in consultation
with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, the budget of the next financial year, showing the estimated
receipts and expenditure during the next financial year.
10A. Annual report and accounts.—(1) The Trustees shall, as soon as possible after the commencement of
each financial year, submit—
(a) to the Central Government within such time or date as may be specified by the Central Government, a
report giving a true and full account of their activities during the previous financial year and an account of the
activities likely to be undertaking during the current financial year;
(b) to such auditor as the Central Government may appoint in this behalf, accounts of all moneys
expended by the Trustees during the previous financial year, supported by the necessary vouchers.
(2) The Trustees shall cause such report and accounts to be published annually for general information.]
11. Collections of Asiatic Society to be kept distinguished in the Museum.—(1) The Trustees shall
cause every article in the collections in the said Indian Museum formerly belonging to the Asiatic Society of
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[(now known as the Asiatic Society, Calcutta)] and all additions that may hereafter be made thereto
otherwise than by purchase under section 6, to be marked and numbered and (subject to the provisions contained
in sections 7 and 16) to be kept and preserved in the said Museum with such marks and numbers.
1. Subs. by Act 45 of 1960, s. 6 for “rules”.
2. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for “the Provinces”.
3. Ins. by Act 20 of 1983, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 15-3-1984).
4. Subs. by Act 45 of 1960, s. 7, for section 9.
5. Subs. by s. 8, ibid., for section 10.
6. Ins. by s. 9, ibid.
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(2) An inventory of such additions shall be made by the said Society, one copy whereof shall be signed by the
Trustees and delivered to the said society, and another copy shall be signed by the Council of the said Society and
delivered to the Trustees, and shall be kept by them along with the inventory delivered to the predecessors in
office of the Trustees when the said collections were deposited in the said Museum.
12. Articles received in exchange or purchased and moneys realised from sale to be held on
trust.—All objects taken in exchange and articles purchased under section 7 and all moneys realised from sales
made in accordance with the terms of the same section shall be held on trust and subject to powers and
declarations corresponding as nearly as may be with the trusts, powers and declarations by this Act limited and
declared.