1. Short title and commencement.―(1) This Act may be called the Salar Jung Museum Act, 1961.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Declaration of Salar Jung Museum together with Salar Jung Library as an institution of
national importance.―It is hereby declared that the Salar Jung Museum together with the Salar Jung
Library at Hyderabad in the State of Andhra Pradesh is an institution of national importance.
3. Definitions.―In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,―
(a) “Board” means the Board established under section 4;
(b) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board;
(c) “Fund” means the fund referred to in section 19;
(d) “member” means a member of the Board and includes the Chairman;
(e) “museum” means the Salar Jung Museum together with the Salar Jung Library, declared to be
an institution of national importance under this Act;
(f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(g) “State Government” means the Government of Andhra Pradesh.