4. Establishment and incorporation of the Board.―(1) With effect from such date as the Central
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, there shall be established for the
purposes of this Act a Board to be known as the Salar Jung Museum Board.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate with the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a
common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property
and to contract, and may by that name sue and be sued.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the Board shall not, except with the
previous approval of the Central Government, sell or otherwise dispose of any article or thing specified in
Part I or Part II of the Schedule.
5. Composition of the Board.―(1) The Board shall consist of the following persons, namely:―
(a) the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, ex officio Chairman;
(b) the Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry concerned with matters relating to
the museum, ex officio;
(c) the Mayor of the Corporation of Hyderabad, ex officio;
1. 1st July, 1961, vide notification No. G.S.R. 817, dated 15th June, 1961, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i).
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(d) the Vice-Chancellor of the Osmania University, ex officio;
(e) the Accountant-General, Andhra Pradesh, ex officio;
(f) a person to be nominated by the Central Government, who shall be a member of the family of
the late Nawab Salar Jung Bahadur who died on the 2nd day of March, 1949;
(g) three persons to be nominated by the Central Government who shall as far as possible be
persons having knowledge of, and experience in, matters relating to the administration of museums
and libraries;
(h) two persons to be nominated by the State Government.
(2) Every nomination under this section shall take effect as soon as it is notified by the Central
Government in the Official Gazette.
6. Term of office.―(1) The term of office of nominated members shall be such as may be prescribed.
(2) Any nominated member may resign his office by giving notice in writing to the Central
Government, and on such resignation being notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette,
shall be deemed to have vacated his office.
(3) A casual vacancy created by the resignation of a nominated member under sub-section (2) or for
any other reason may be filled by fresh nomination.
(4) An outgoing member shall be eligible for renomination.
7. Temporary absence of member.―(1) If any nominated member is by infirmity or otherwise
rendered temporarily incapable of carrying out his duties or is absent on leave or otherwise in
circumstances not involving the vacation of his office, the Central Government or the State Government,
as the case may be, may nominate another person to act in his place during his absence.
(2) No act of the Board shall be invalid merely by reason of—
(a) any vacancy in, or defect in the constitution of, the Board, or
(b) any defect in the nomination of a person acting as a member thereof, or
(c) any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case.
8. Duty of Government nominating persons, etc.―(1) Before nominating a person to be a member
of the Board, the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, shall satisfy itself that
the person will have no such financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially the exercise or
performance by him of his functions as a member of the Board, and the Central Government or the State
Government, as the case may be, shall also satisfy itself from time to time with respect to every member
of the Board nominated by it that he has no such interest; and any person who is or whom the Central
Government or the State Government, as the case may be, proposes to nominate, and who has consented
to be, a member of the Board shall, whenever requested by the Central or State Government so to do,
furnish to it such information as that Government considers necessary for the performance by it of its
duties under this sub-section.
(2) A nominated member who is in any way, directly or indirectly, interested in a contract made, or
proposed to be made, by the Board shall, as soon as possible, after relevant circumstances have come to
his knowledge, disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Board and the disclosure shall be
recorded in the minutes of the Board and the member shall not take any part after the disclosure in any
deliberation or decision of the Board with respect to that contract.
9. Meeting of the Board.―(1) The Board shall meet at such times and places and shall, subject to the
provisions of sub-sections (2), (3) and (4), observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of
business at its meetings (including the quorum at meetings) as may be provided by regulations made
under this Act.
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(2) The Chairman or, in his absence, any member chosen by the members present from among
themselves, shall preside at a meeting of the Board.
(3) If any of the members referred to in clauses (b), (c), (d) and (e) of section 5 is unable to attend any
meeting of the Board, he may, with the previous approval of the Chairman, authorise any person in
writing to do so.
(4) All questions at a meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members
present and voting and in the case of an equality of votes, the Chairman or, in his absence, the member
presiding shall have a second or casting vote.
10. Temporary association of persons with the Board for particular purposes.―(1) The Board
may associate with itself in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by regulations made
under this Act any person whose assistance or advice it may desire in performing any of its functions
under this Act.
(2) A person associated with it by the Board under sub-section (1) for any purpose shall have the right
to take part in the discussions of the Board relating to that purpose, but shall not by virtue of this section
be entitled to vote.
11. Authentication of orders and other instruments of the Board.―All orders and decisions of the
Board shall be authenticated by the signature of the Chairman or any other member authorised by the
Board in this behalf, and all other Instruments issued by the Board shall be authenticated by the signature
of an officer of the Board authorised in like manner in this behalf.
12. Staff of the Board.―(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), the Board may, for the
purpose of enabling it efficiently to perform its functions under this Act, appoint such number of officers
and other employees as it may think fit.
(2) The recruitment and conditions of service of such officers and employees shall be such as may be
provided by regulations made under this Act.
13. Transfer of service of existing employees to the Board.―Subject to the provisions of this Act,
every person employed in the museum immediately before the date of establishment of the Board shall,
on and from such date, become an employee of the Board with such designation as the Board may
determine and shall hold his office or service therein by the same tenure, at the same remuneration and
upon the same terms and conditions as he would have held the same on such date if the Board had not
been established and shall continue to do so unless and until his employment in the Board is terminated or
until such tenure, remuneration and terms and conditions are duly altered by the Board:
Provided that the tenure, remuneration and terms and conditions of service of any such person shall
not be altered to his disadvantage without the previous approval of the Central Government.
14. Location of museum.―The museum shall be located at Hyderabad.