Bare Act
The Maharashtra Phule Vastu Sangrahalaya, Poona Act, 1968
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The Mahatma Phule Vastu Sangrahalaya, Poona, Act, 1968, is an administrative statute enacted to reorganize and rename the former Lord Reay Maharashtra Industrial Museum. The Act establishes a formal Board of Trustees to manage the museum, which serves as an educational institution dedicated to science, industry, agriculture, and the cultural history of Maharashtra. It defines the museum's objectives, outlines membership classes for public participation, and mandates financial oversight through audits and government inspection. For the ordinary citizen, this Act provides the legal framework for how the museum operates, how it is funded, and how the public can engage with its collections.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Aims and objects
- 4. Members of the Museum
- 5. Meeting of general body of members of the Museum
- 6. Constitution of the Board
- 7. Term of office
- 8. Quorum
- 9. Acts of Board not invalid by reason of vacancy, etc
- 10. Power to appoint committees
- 11. Property vested in Board on trust
- 12. Power of Board to lend, exchange, sell, present or destroy articles in collections
- 13. Further power of Board
- 14. Power of Board to borrow
- 15. Power of Board to make by-laws
- 16. Secretary and staff
- 17. Subject to any rules made in this behalf, the Board shall determine the terms and conditions of service of the Director and other staff as it may employ.
- 18. Contribution by Municipal Corporation of City of Poona
- 19. Expenditure
- 20. Audit
- 21. Inspection of Museum
- 22. The Board shall comply with such directions.
- 23. Repeal and saving
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