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[12A. Power of Central Government to issue directions to Trustees.—(1) In the discharge of their
functions under this Act, the Trustees shall be bound by such directions on questions of policy as the
Central Government may give to them from time to time:
Provided that the Trustees shall be given an opportunity to express their views before any direction is given
under this sub-section.
(2) The decision of the Central Government whether a question is one of policy or not shall be final.]
13. Officers under Act to be public servants.—All officers and servants appointed under this Act shall
be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860); 2
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14. Power to Trustees to keep collections not belonging to them.— Notwithstanding anything
hereinbefore contained, the Trustees may, if they think fit, with the previous sanction of the Central Government
and subject in each case to such conditions as it may approve and to such rules as it may prescribe, assume the
custody and administration of collections which are not the property of the Trustees for the purposes of their trust
under this Act, and keep and preserve such collections either in the Indian Museum or elsewhere:
Provided that if the trust constituted by this Act is at any time determined, any such collections shall not by
reason of their then being in the Indian Museum become the property of Government.
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[15. Power to Trustees to part with certain property in their possession.—Subject to such
conditions as the Central Government may approve, the Trustees may deliver possession of the whole or
any part of the property described in the schedule to such person as that Government may appoint.]
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[15A. Power to make rules.—(1) The Central Government may, in consultation with the Trustees, by
notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all
or any of the following matters, namely:—
(a) the recruitment and the conditions of service of the officers and servants of the Museum;
(b) the form and manner in which the accounts of the Museum may be maintained and the manner in
which such accounts may be audited;
(c) the circumstances in which and the conditions subject to which the Trustees may assume the
custody and administration of any collections referred to in section 14 and keep and preserve such
collections;
(d) the conditions subject to which the Trustees may deliver possession of any property in their possession
to any other person.
(3) Every rule made under this section shall 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 5
[in two
or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the
1. Ins. by Act 45 of 1960, s. 10.
2. Certain words omitted by s. 11, ibid.
3. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for the original section.
4. Ins. by Act 45 of 1960, s. 12.
5. Subs. by Act 20 of 1983, s. 2 and the Schedule, for certain words (w.e.f. 15-3-1984).
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successive sessions aforesaid], both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule, or both Houses agree
that the rule should not be made, the rule 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 rule.]
16. Property in collections on determination of trust.—If the trust constituted by this Act is at any time
determined,—
(a) the collections and additions mentioned in section 11 shall become the property of the said Asiatic
Society or their assigns, and
(b) all the other collections then in the said Indian Museum shall, save as otherwise provided by section
14, become the property of Government.
17. [Repeals.]. Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (10 of 1914), s. 3 and the Second
Schedule.