GOVERNMENT    OF    MAHARASHTRA

LAW AND JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT

MAHARASHTRA ACT No. XVIII
OF 1968

THE MAHATMA PHULE VASTU
SANGRAHALAYA,  POONA,
ACT,  1968

(As modified upto the 7th November, 2012)

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CONTENTS
————————

PREAMBLE.

SECTIONS.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

Short title and commencement.

Definitions.

Aims and objects.

Members of the Museum.

Meeting of general body of members of the Museum.

Constitution of the Board.

Term of office.

Quorum.

Acts of Board not invalid by reason of vacancy, etc.

Power to appoint committees.

Property vested in Board on trust.

Power of Board to lend, exchange, sell, present or destroy articles in collections.

Further power of Board.

Power of Board to borrow.

Power of Board to make by-laws.

Secretary and staff.

Officers and servants of Board to be public servants.

Contribution by Municipal Corporation of City of Poona.

Expenditure.

Audit.

Inspection of Museum.

Rules.

Repeal and saving.

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THE MAHATMA PHULE VASTU SANGRAHALAYA, POONA, ACT, 1968.
[  11th  June  1968  ]

Amended by Mah. 63 of 1977.

Amended by Mah. 27 of 2005 (19-5-2005)*.

An  Act  to  extend  the  activities  of  the  Museum  at  Poona  under  the  name  of  the
Mahatma  Phule  Vastu  Sangrahalaya,  Poona,    and  to  make  better  provision  for  the
management  and  maintenance  thereof.

WHEREAS,  it  is  expedient  to  extend  the  activities  of  the  Museum  now  known  as
the  Lord  Reay  Maharashtra  Industrial  Museum  at  Poona,  and  to  rename  it  as  the
Mahatma  Phule  Vastu  Sangrahalaya,  Poona,  and  to  make  better  provision  for  the
management  and  maintenance  thereof  and  to  provide  for  matters  connected  with  the
purposes  aforesaid  ;  It  is  hereby  enacted  in  the  Nineteenth  Year  of  the  Republic  of
India as follows :—

(1) This  Act  may  be  called  the  Mahatma  Phule  Vastu  Sangrahalaya,  Poona,

1.
Act, 1968.

Preliminary

Short  tittle
and
commence-
ment.

(2)

It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  2date  as  the  State  Government  may,  by

notification  in  the  Official  Gazette,  appoint.

2.

In  this Act,  unless  the  context  otherwise  requires,—

Definitions.

(a) “ Board ”  means  the  Board  of  Trustees  constituted  or  deemed  to  be  consti-

tuted  under  this  Act  ;

(b) “ prescribed ”  means  prescribed  by  rules  made  under  this Act  ;

(c) “ Museum ”  means  the  Mahatma  Phule  Vastu  Sangrahalaya,  Poona.

3.

(1) The  aims  and  objects  of  the  Museum  shall  be—

Objects  and  Membership

(a) to  serve  as  an  educative  institution  for  the  general  public,  with  a  view  to

illustrating—

(i) the  various  branches  of  science,  and  in  particular  their  application  to

industry, agriculture and commerce;

Aims  and
objects.

1For  Statement  of  Objects  and  Reasons  See  Maharashtra  Government  Gazette,  1968,  Part  V  Extra,

Page  91.

*This  indicates  the  date  of  commencement.
215th August  1968,  vide  G.N.,  L.  &  S.  W.  D.,  No.  MSM.

1665-Q,  dated  19th  July  1968.

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(ii) the  history,  the  arts,  the  culture,  and  the  social  and  economic  develop-
ment  of  Maharashtra,  and  the  relation  thereof  to  the  rest  of  India  and  to  other
countries;

(b) to  show  by  means  of  exhibits,  machines,  models,  pictures  and  charts,  the
origin, development and modern practice of each branch of science and its applica-
tion  to  industry,  agriculture  and  commerce  ;

(c) to  show,  by  means  of  exhibits,  ancient  monuments  and  relics,  figures  of
deities,  coins,  instruments  of  war,  instruments  of  music,  vessels  and  untensils  used
in religious or social ceremonies, implements of local art and manufacture and such
other  related  exhibits,  the  history,  the  arts,  the  culture,  the  standards  and  modes  of
living,  the  natural  resources,  industries,  agriculture  and  social,  economic  and  cul-
tural  developments  of  Maharashtra,  supplemented  with  such  other  collections  as
are  conducive  to  the  understanding  and  interpretation  of  the  material  in  the  collec-
tions and, wherever necessary, by exhibits showing their relations to similar objects
and  articles  from  other  parts  of  India  ;

(d) to  maintain  a  library  including  cinematographic  films,  lantern  slides  and

photographs  ;

(e) to  arrange,  hold  and  undertake  lectures,  demonstrations  and  tours,  with  a
view  to  promoting  interest  in  industrial  development  and  in  history,  arts,  culture,
and  social  and  economic  development  of  Maharashtra  ;

(f) to  organise  and  help  in  organising  industrial  and  other  exhibitions  in  respect

of  the  matters  enumerated  in  clauses  (a)  to  (c)  above  ;

(g) to organise and help in organising a commercial empourium ;

(h) to  popularise  the  products  of  industries  and  handicrafts  of  Maharashtra  in

particular  and  of  India  in  general  ;

(i) to  undertake  and  do  all  such  works  and  to  do  all  such  things  as  may  be
necessary  for,  or  conducive  to,  the  attainment  of  any  of  the  aforesaid  aims  and
objects.

Members
of  the
Museum.

(2) The  Museum  shall  have  a  separate  Industrial  Section,  which  shall  be  called

“ the Lord Reay Industrial Section ”.

4. (1) The  members  of  the  Museum  shall  consist  of  the  following  classes:—

(i) Benefactors,  that  is  to  say,  those  who  pay  or  have  already  paid  to  the  Board

Rs. 1,00,000 or more, in cash or otherwise ;

(ii) Associate  Members,  that  is  to  say,  those  who  pay  or  have  already  paid

Rs. 25,000 or more but less than Rs. 1,00,000 in cash or otherwise ;

(iii) Patrons,  that  is  to  say,  those  who  pay  or  have  already  paid  Rs.  5,000  or

more  but  less  than  Rs.  25,000,  in  cash  or  otherwise  ;

(iv) Life Members, that is to say, those who pay or have already paid Rs. 500 or

more but less than Rs. 5,000, in a lump sum ;

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(v) Donors,  that  is  to  say,  those  who  pay  or  have  already  paid  Rs.  100  or  more

but  less  than  Rs.  500,  in  a  lump  sum  ;

(vi) Ordinary  members,  that  is  to  say,  those  who  pay  Rs.  10,  annually  :

Provided  that,  in  the  case  of  a  person  desiring  to  become  a  Benefactor,  Associate
Member  or  Patron,  if  the  required  amount  is  proposed  to  be  paid  in  cash,  it  shall  be
payable  to  the  Board  in  a  lump  sum  or  in  not  more  than  five  instalments  spread  over
a period not exceeding two years from the date of payment of the first instalment, and
if  the  donation  is  proposed  to  be  made  otherwise  than  in  cash,  the  Board  shall  have  a
right  to  accept  or  reject  the  exhibits  or  materials  proposed  to  be  donated,  without
assigning any reason, and to determining the value thereof and to allot a suitable class
of membership to the donor, provided all exhibits and materials are handed over to the
Board within a period of two years from the date on which the offer is accepted by the
Board.

(2) No  person  shall  be  debarred  from  becoming  a  member  of  the  Musuem  by

reason  of  his  religion,  race,  caste,  sex  or  place  of  birth.

5. A  meeting  of  the  general  body  of  the  members  of  the  Museum  shall  be  called

by  the  Board  every  year,  at  such  time  and  place  as  may  be  prescribed.

Board  of  Trustees

6.

(1) There  shall  be  constituted  for  the  maintenance  and  management  of  the
Museum,  and  for  carrying  into  effect  the  other  purposes  of  this  Act,  a  Board  of
trustees. The  Board  shall  be  a  body  corporate  by  the  name  of  “ The  Trustees  of  the
Mahatma  Phule  Vastu  Sangrahalaya,  Poona ”  and  shall  have  perpetual  succession
and  a  common  seal,  and  shall  have  power  to  acquire,  hold  and  dispose  of  property,
and  to  enter  into  contracts  ;  and  may  by  the  said  name  sue  and  be  sued.

(2) The  Board  shall  consist  of—

A. The following members, ex-officio,—

(i) the Revenue Commissioner, Poona Division, who shall be the President of

the  Board  ;

(ii) the  Director  of Art  ;

1[(iii) the  Director  of Archaeology  and  Museum  ;]

(iv) the  Director  of  Education,  and  if  he  is  unable  to  attend  his  nominee  not

below  the  rank  of  Deputy  Director  of  Education  ;

(v) the  Director  of Agriculture,  and  if  he  is  unable  to  attend  his  nominee  not

below  the  rank  of  Deputy  Director  of Agriculture  ;

1Clause  (iii)  was  substituted  for  the  original  by  Mah.  63  of  1977,  s.  2.

Meeting
of  general
body  of
members
of  the
Museum.

Constitu-
tion  of
the  Board.

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(vi) the  Chief  Conservator  of  Forests,  and  if  he  is  unable  to  attend  his

nominee  not  below  the  rank  of  Conservator  of  Forests  ;

(vii) the  Industries  Commissioner,  and  if  he  is  unable  to  attend  his  nominee

not  below  the  rank  of  Deputy  Director  of  Industries  ;

(viii) the Superintendent of Archaeological Survey of the South-Western Circle.

B.

1[(i) one  member  of  the  Maharashtra  Legislative  Council,  residing  in  the
Pune District, nominated by the Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council ;

(ii) one  member  of  the  Maharashtra  Legislative  Assembly,  residing  in
the  Pune  District,  nominated  by  the  Speaker  of  the  Maharashtra  Legislative
Assembly.]

C. The following four representatives of the Municipal Corporation of the City

of Poona-ex-officio :—

(i) the  Mayor,  who  shall  be  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  ;

(ii) the Municipal Commissioner ;

(iii) the Chairman, Standing Committee ;

(iv) the Chairman, Municipal School Board.

D. Such number, as may be prescribed, of representatives of local bodies (other
than  the  Municipal  Corporation  of  the  City  of  Poona)  nominated  by  the  local
bodies,  provided  such  local  bodies  agree  to  make  a  contribution  of  such  amount,
each,  as  may  be  prescribed,  to  the  funds  of  the  Museum.

E. The  representatives  of  the  members  of  the  Museum  as  follows  :—

(i) all  persons  who  belong  to  the  class  of  Benefactors  ;

(ii) one  representative  of  the  Associate  Members  elected  in  the  prescribed

manner ;

(iii) four  representatives  from  the  remaining  classes  of  members  elected  in

the  prescribed  manner  ;

Provided that, no ordinary member of the Museum shall be eligible to be elected

a  representative,  unless  he  has  been  such  a  member  for  not  less  than  3  years.

F. Two  representatives  of  local  commercial  and  industrial  interests,  one  to  be
nominated  by  the  Deccan  Agricultural  Association,  Poona,  and  the  other  by  the
Mahratta Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Poona :

Provided  that,  no  representative  under  this  clause  shall  be  nominated  until  the
institute  concerned  has  paid  to  the  funds  of  the  Museum  an  affiliation  fee  of
Rs.  300,  nor  shall  continue  to  be  a  member  of  the  Board  unless  the  institute  pays
to  the  said  funds  within  the  prescribed  period  an  annual  subscription  of  Rs.  100.

1Clauses  (i)  and  (ii)  were  substituted  for  the  original  by  Mah.  27  of  2005,  s.  5.

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G.

(i) The Director, Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay ;

(ii) The  Professor-in-charge  of  the  Department  of  Ancient  Indian  Culture  of

the  University  of  Poona.

H. One non-official representative nominated by the State Government, being in
the opinion of the Government an expert or having special knowledge in history, art,
archaeology,  anthropology  or  other  subjects  relating  to  the  collections  in  the
Museum.

(3) The  Board  may  co-opt  not  more  than  three  members,  each,  for  such  period

not  exceeding  three  years,  as  it  may  determine.

7.

(1) The members of the Board representing the Maharashtra Legislative Council
and  Assembly  shall  hold  office,  so  long  as  they  are  members  of  the  said  Council  or
Assembly,  as  the  case  may  be. The  benefactors  shall  hold  office  for  life. Save  as
otherwise  provided,  the  other  members  (excluding  the  ex-officio  members)  shall  hold
office  for  a  period  of  three  years.

Term  of
office.

(2) If an elected or nominated member—

(a) dies  or  becomes  insolvent,  or

(b) is  absent  for  more  than  six  consecutive  meetings  of  the  Board,  or

(c) leaves  the  State  of  Maharashtra  with  the  intention  of  being  absent  there-

from  for  more  than  six  consecutive  months,  or

(d) desires  to  be  discharged,  or

(e) refuses  to  act  or  becomes  incapable  of  acting,

a new member shall be elected or nominated, as the case may be, in the same manner
as was the member in whose place he is to be elected or nominated, and he shall hold
office  for  so  long  only  as  such  member  would  have  held  it  if  the  vacancy  had  not
occurred.

8.

(1) When  any  meetings  of  the  Board  is  held,  the  Commissioner,  Poona
Division,  and  in  his  absence,  the  Chairman  of  the  Board,  and  in  the  absence  of  both,
a  member  who  is  a  Government  officer  and  is  elected  by  the  members  present  at  the
meeting shall preside.

Quorum.

(2) The  quorum  necessary  for  the  transaction  of  business  at  a  meeting  of  the

Board  shall  be  seven.

9. No  act  of  the  Board  shall  be  deemed  to  be  invalid  merely  by  reasons  of  any

vacancy  in,  or  defect  in  the  constitution  of  the  Board.

10. Subject  to  the  provisions  of  any  rules  made  in  this  behalf,  the  Board  may,

from  time  to  time,  by  resolution  passed  at  a  meeting—

(a) appoint  committees  of  its  members  for  the  performance  of  such  functions  as

may  be  specified  in  the  resolution  ;

Acts  of
Board  not
invalid  by
reason  of
vacancy,
etc.

Power  to
appoint
Commit-
tees.

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(b) appoint  advisory  committees  consisting  partly  of  its  members  and  partly  of
other  persons,  on  such  terms  and  for  the  purpose  of  advising  it  on  such  matters  as
may  be  specified  in  the  resolution.

Property
vested  in
Board  on
trust.

11. All the property, whether movable or immovable, which at the commencement
of  this  Act  is  held  by  the  Board  contstituted  under  the  Lord  Reay  Maharashtra
Industrial Museum Act, 1947, on trust for the purposes of that Museum shall, together
with  any  such  property  which  may  hereafter  be  given,  bequeathed,  transferred  or
acquired  for  the  said  purposes,  including  contributions,  fees  and  subscriptions,  and
property  accruing  as  a  result  of  the  exercise  of  any  of  the  Board’s  powers,  shall,  by
virtue  of  this  section  and  without  further  assurance,  vest  in  the  Board  on  trust  for  the
purposes  of  the  Museum.

Bom.
XXX.
II  of
1947.

Power  of
Board  to
lend,
exchange,
sell,
present  or
destroy
articles  in
collections.

12. Subject  to  the  provisions  of  any  rules  or  by-laws  made  in  this  behalf,  the

Board may, from time to time,—

(a) deliver  by  way  of  loan  to  any  person  the  whole  or  any  portion  of,  or  any

article  contained  in,  any  collection  vested  in  it  under  this Act  ;

(b) exchange  or  sell  articles  contained  in  any  such  collection  and  take  or
purchase,  in  the  place  of  such  articles,  such  other  articles  as  may  in  its  opinion  be
worthy  of  preservation  in  the  Museum  ;

(c) present  articles  contained  in  any  such  collection  to  other  museums  in  India

or  elsewhere  ;

(d) remove  and  destroy  any  article  contained  in  any  such  collection  :

Provided that, nothing herein contained shall authorise the board to lend, exchange,
sell, present, remove or destroy any article when such lending, exchange, sale, presen-
tation, removal or destruction, as the case may be, is precluded by the terms on which
the  Board  may  have  received  any  such  article.

13. The  Board  may,  if  it  thinks  fit  for  the  purposes  of  its  trust  under  this

Act,—

Further
power  of
Board.

(a) assume  the  custody  and  administration  of  collections  which  are  not  the
property of the Board and keep and preserve such collections either in the Museum
or  elsewhere  ;

(b) subject  to  any  rules  made  in  this  behalf,  organise  courses  of  instruction  in
all  or  any  of  the  subjects  relating  to  the  collections  in  the  Museum  and
afford  facilities  for  the  sale  or  exhibition  of  products  of  Indian  industries  and
handicrafts.

Power  of
Board  to
borrow.

14. The Board may, from time to time, borrow or reborrow and take up at interest
from the Central Government or the State Government or, with previous sanction of the
State  Government,  from  any  person,  any  sum  necessary  for  the  purpose  of  defraying

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any  costs,  charges  or  expenses  incurred  or  to  be  incurred  by  it  to  carry  out  the
purposes  of  this  Act,  or  for  the  purposes  of  repaying  either  in  whole  or  in  part  any
sums  hereafter  borrowed  or  owing  by  the  Board.

15.

(1) The Board may, from time to time, with the previous sanction of the State
Government,  make  by-laws,  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this Act,  or  rules
made  thereunder,  for  any  purpose  necessary  for  the  execution  of  its  trust.

Power  of
Board
to  make
by-laws.

(2) In  particular,  and  without  prejudice  to  the  generality  of  the  foregoing  power,

such  by-laws  may  provide  for—

(a) the  summoning,  holding  and  adjournment  of  meetings  of  the  Board  and

procedure  at  such  meetings  ;

(b) the  securing  of  attendance  of  trustees  at  such  meetings  ;

(c) the  keeping  of  minutes  book  and  accounts  books  ;

(d) the limits up to which the Chairman and the Secretary may sanction expendi-

ture  under  section  19  ;

(e) the  compiling  of  catalogues  and  guide  books  and  other  publications  ;

(f) the  lending  of  articles  contained  in  the  collections  vested  in  the  Board  ;

(g) the exchange, sale or presentation to other museums of duplicates of articles

contained  in  such  collections  ;

(h) the  removal  and  destruction  of  articles  contained  in  such  collections  ;

(i) the  fees  to  be  levied  for  purposes  other  than  admission  to  the  Museum  ;

(j) the  general  managment  of  the  Museum.

(3) All  by-laws,  when  sanctioned  shall,  be  published  in  the Official  Gazette  by  the

State Government.

Secretary  and  Staff

16. There  shall  be  a  Director  of  the  Museum,  who  shall  also  be  the  Secretary  to
the  Board. The  Board  may  employ  such  other  officers  and  servants  as  it  shall  deem
necessary for the efficient execution of its duties under this Act. 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.

Secretary
and  staff.

XLV
of
1860.

17. All officers and servants employed by the Board shall be deemed to be public

servants  within  the  meaning  of  section  21  of  the  Indian  Penal  Code.

Officers
and
servants
and  Board
to  be
public
servants.

Ciontribu-
tion  by
Municipal
Corpora-
tion  of
City  of
Poona.

Expendi-
ture.

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Miscellaneous

18. Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  Bombay  Provincial  Municipal
Corporations  Act,  1949,  the  Municipal  Corporation  of  the  City  of  Poona  shall  make
an  annual  grant  of  not  less  than  Rs.  7,500  to  the  funds  of  the  Museum.

Bom.
LIX.
of
1949.

19.

(1) All expenditure shall be sanctioned by the Board. The Board may, from
time  to  time,  authorise  the  Chairman  and  the  Secretary  to  sanction  expenditure  every
month upto such limits as may be determined in its by-laws. All cases of sanction by
the  Chairman  or  the  Secretary  shall  be  duly  placed  before  the  subsequent  meeting  of
the Board for ratification.

(2) Every  order  for  the  payment  of  money  shall  be  authenticated  by  the  signature

of  the  Secretary  and  counter-signature  of  the  Chairman.

Audit.

20.

(1) There  shall  be  an  annual  audit  of  the  accounts  of  the  Museum  carried
out  by  an  auditor  appointed  in  this  behalf  by  1[the  Chief  Auditor,  Local  Fund
Accounts].

(2) The  Secretary  shall  furnish  to  the  auditor  an  annual  statement  of  accounts

supported  by  the  necessary  vouchers  and  generally  assist  the  auditor  in  his  work.

(3) The  auditor’s  report  shall  be  placed  before  the  Board.

Inspection
of
Museum.

21. The  State  Government  shall  have  the  right  to  cause  inspection  to  be  made  by
such  person  or  persons  as  it  may  appoint  of  the  Museum  and  its  buildings,  library
books,  furniture  and  other  equipment  and,  upon  any  recommendation  made  by  such
person  or  persons,  to  direct  the  Board  to  take  such  action  as  it  may  think  fit. The
Board  shall  comply  with  such  directions.

Rules.

22.

(1) The State Government may, after consultation with the Board, by notifica-

tion  in  the  Official  Gazette,  make  rules  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  this Act.

(2) In  particular,  and  without  prejudice  to  the  generality  of  the  foregoing  power,

such  rules  may  provide  for  all  or  any  of  the  following  matters  :—

(a) the time of the year and place at which a meeting of the general body of the

members  of  the  Museum  shall  be  called  under  section  5  ;

(b) the  numbers  of  representatives  of  local  bodies  other  than  the  Municipal
Corporation  of  the  City  of  Poona,  the  amount  of  contribution  to  be  made  by  them
under clause D, the manner of election of representatives of members under clause E
and  the  period  within  which  the  annual  subscription  shall  be  paid  under  the
proviso  to  clause  F  of  sub-section  (2)  of  section  6  ;

1These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “ the  Accountant-General,  Maharashtra ”

by  Mah.  63  of  1977,  s.3.

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(c) the  appointment  of  committees  of  the  Board  under  section  10  and  the
functions  which  may  be  entrusted  or  the  matters  which  may  be  referred  to  such
committees ;

(d) the  erection  of  Museum  buildings,  the  transfer  of  the  Museum  to  any  new
site,  the  maintenance  and  management  of  the  Museum,  the  exercise  of  the  Board’s
powers  under  section  12  and  clause  (b)  of  section  13,  the  care  and  custody  of  the
objects  deposited  in  the  Museum  and  the  conditions  under  which  the  public  shall
have  access  to  the  Museum  ;

(e) the  maintenance,  management  and  disposal  of  any  property  vested  in  the
Board  and  the  investment  and  reinvestment  in  public  securities  or  otherwise  and
the  safe  custody  of  the  funds  of  the  Museum  ;

(f) the  form  of  accounts  to  be  kept  by  the  Board  and  the  publication  of  such

accounts  ;

(g) the  application  to  the  officers  and  servants  employed  by  the  Board  of  the
rules  which  apply  to  the  civil  servants  of  the  State  Government  or  to  any  class  of
such  civil  servants  ;

(h) the  payment  of  contributions  at  such  rates  and  subject  to  such  conditions
as may from time to time be determined by the Board to any provident fund which
may  be  established  by  the  Board  for  the  benefit  of  the  officers  and  servants
employed  by  it  ;

(i) the  management  of  the  library  and  reading  room  ;

(j) the  fees  to  be  levied  for  admission  to  the  Museum  ;

(k) any  other  matter  which  is  to  be  or  may  be  prescribed.

(3) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be, after it is
made,  before  each  House  of  the  State  Legislature  while  it  is  in  session  for  a  total
period  of  thirty  days  which  may  be  comprised  in  one  session  or  in  two  successive
sessions,  and  if,  before  the  expiry  of  the  session  in  which  it  is  so  laid  or  the  session
immediately  following,  both  Houses  agree  in  making  any  modification  in  the  rule  or
both  Houses  agree  that  the  rule  should  not  be  made,  the  rule  shall  from  the  date  of
publication  of  a  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette,  of  such  decision,  have  effect  only
in  such  modified  form  or  be  of  no  effect,  as  the  case  may  be;  so,  however,  that  any
such  modification  or  annulment  shall  be  without  prejudice  to  the  validity  of  anything
previously  done  or  omitted  to  be  done  under  that  rule.

Repeal  and  Transitional  Provisions

Repeal
and
saving.

23.

(1) On  the  date  of  commencement  of  this  Act,  the  Lord  Reay  Maharashtra

Industrial  Museum Act,  1947,  shall  stand  repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding  the  repeal  of  the  Lord  Reay  Maharashtra  Industrial  Museum
Act, 1947, by sub-section (1) and notwithstanding anything contained in section 6, the
Board  constituted  under  the  repealed Act  shall  be  deemed  to  be  the  Board  constituted
under  this Act  on  the  date  of  commencement  of  this Act,  and  the  members  thereof  in

Bom. XXXII
of  1947.

Bom. XXXII
of  1947.

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office immediately before the said date shall continue to hold office until the successor
Board  is  duly  constituted  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section  6  and  the  first
Immediately  before  such  first  meeting  is
meeting  of  such  successor  Board  is  held.
held, the existing members shall be deemed to be discharged, but such discharge shall
not  absolve  any  of  them  from  any  liability  accruing  before  their  discharge.

(3) The  rules  and  by-laws  made  under  the  repealed Act  and  in  force  immediately
before the date of commencement of this Act shall, in so far as they are not inconsistant
with  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  be  deemed  to  have  been  made  under  the  relevant
provisions  of  this  Act,  and  be  in  force  accordingly,  until  superseded  by  rules  or
by-laws  made  under  this Act.

(4) with effect from the date of commencement of this Act,—

(a) the  Curator  and  other  officers  and  servants  appointed  under  the  repealed
Act  and  holding  office  on  the  day  immediately  preceding  such  date  shall  be
deemed  to  be  appointed  as  the  Director  and  other  officers  and  servants  under  this
Act,  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  were  applicable  to  them  immediately
before  that  date,  until  the  said  terms  and  conditions  are  varied  by  a  competent
authority  under  this  Act  ;

(b) all  persons  who  were  members  of  the  Museum  on  the  day  immediately
preceding  such  date  shall  be  deemed  to  have  become  members  of  the  Museum
under  this  Act  under  the  corresponding  class  ;

(c) all  rights  of  the  Board  constituted  under  the  repealed  Act  shall  vest  in  the

Board  under  this  Act  ;

(d) all  debts,  liabilities  and  obligations  incurred  by  or  on  behalf  of  the  Board
constituted  under  the  repealed  Act  and  subsisting  immediately  before  the  date  of
commencement  of  this Act  shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  incurred  by  the  Board  in
exercise  of  the  powers  conferred  on  it  by  this Act  and  shall  continue  in  operation
accordingly  ;

(e) any reference in any law or in any instrument to the Board constituted under
the  repealed  Act  shall  be  construed  as  a  reference  to  the  Board,  and  such  law  or
instrument  shall  apply  to  the  Board.

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