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.