1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Lady Hardinge Medical College
and Hospital (Acquisition) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1977.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “appointed day” means the date on which this Act comes into force;
(b) “Board of Administration” means the Board of Administration constituted by the Central
Government under the Scheme;
(c) “Board of Management” means the Board of Management of the Kalavati Saran Hospital,
constituted by the Central Government;
(d) “Fund” means the Lady Hardinge Hospital for Women and Children, Delhi, Fund
established by the Scheme;
(e) “Kalavati Saran Hospital” means the institution known as the Kalavati Saran Children’s
Hospital, New Delhi, together with the dispensaries attached thereto and used in connection
therewith, and includes all laboratories and libraries used in connection with, or as accessories to, or
adjuncts of, the said Hospital;
(f) “Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital” means the institutions known as the Lady
Hardinge Medical College for Women, New Delhi, and the Lady Hardinge Hospital for Women and
Children, New Delhi, together with the dispensaries attached thereto and used in connection
therewith, and includes all lecture-rooms, museums, laboratories, libraries, hostels and
boarding-houses used in connection with, or as accessories to, or adjuncts of, the said College of
Hospital;
(g) “Scheme” means the Scheme for the administration of the Fund settled by the Central
Government under sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Charitable Endowments Act, 1890 (6 of 1890),
and published with the notification of the Government of India, in the late Ministry of Health,
No. F. 4-3(1) /53-MI, dated the 12th June, 1953, as amended by the notifications of the Government
of India, in the late Ministry of Health, No. F. 4-77/56-MII, dated the 14th March, 1957 and
No. F. 4-77/56-MII, dated the 17th April, 1957;
(h) “Treasurer” means the Treasurer of Charitable Endowments for India, appointed under the
Charitable Endowments Act, 1890 (6 of 1890).