The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Act, 1909 and.

1909 : Bom. III]  1 

THE CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ VASTU  

 SANGRAHALAYA ACT, 1909 

[Text as on 20th June 2024] 

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CONTENTS 

PREAMBLE.  

SECTIONS.  

 1.  Short title and commencement.  

 2.  Property vested in the Board.  

 3.  Constitution and powers of the Board.  

 3-A.  Term of office; election and appointment of new members if a vacancy.  

 3-B.  Power of Board to lend, exchange, sell or destroy articles in collections.  

 3-C.  Power to Board to keep collections not belonging to them.  

 4.  Officers and servants to be public servants.  

 5.  Rules.  

 6.  Power to borrow from Central or State Government or person.  

 7.  Mortgage of immoveable property or revenues.  

 8.  Provisions as to sinking funds.  

 9.  Annual examination of sinking fund.  

 10.  Issue of debentures.  

 11.  Form of debentures.  

 12.  Prohibition of endorsements on allonges.  

 13.  Issue of stock certificates.  

 14.  Payment to survivors of joint payees.  

 15.  Power of one or more joint holders to grant receipt.  

 16.  Notice of trust not receivable.  

 17.  Board empowered to make rules.  

 18.  Construction of reference in any enactment or instruction, etc.  

 SCHEDULE 

  



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LIST OF AMENDMENTS ACTS 

 1. Amended by Bom.  7 of 1913 

 2. Amended by Bom.   6 of 1921  

 3. Amended by Bom.  12 of 1922 

 4. Amended by Bom.  7 of 1924 

 5. Amended by Bom.  19 of 1933 

 6. Adapted and modified by the Adaptation of Indian Laws Order in Council.  

 7. Adapted and modified by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.  

 8. Amended by Bom.  24 of 1954 

 9. Amended by Bom.  44 of 1954  

 10. Adapted and modified by the Bombay Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) 

Order, 1956.  

 11. Adapted and modified by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent 

Subjects) Order, 1960.  

 12. Amended by Mah.  18 of 1962 

 13. Amended by Mah.  19 of 19671 

 14. Amended by Mah.  25 of 2001 

  

                                                   
1  Section 3 of Mah. 19 of 1967 reads as follows :— 

3.  Change an designation not to affected and powers Board constituted under Section 3.— The change in 

designation of the ‘Principal of Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy School of Art’ who is a member of the Board of Trustees called 

‘the Trustees of the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India’, a body corporate constituted under Section 3 of the 

principal Act, shall not affect and shall be deemed never to have affect acts the constitution or powers of the Board; and 

all acts and powers of the Board as constituted immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be of the deemed 

to be the acts and powers of the Board as constituted on the commencement of this Act.”. 



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BOMBAY ACT No. III OF 19091 

[THE CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ VASTU SANGRAHALAYA ACT, 1909.] 

[19th August 1909] 

An Act to provide for the erection and management of  2[the Chhatrapati Shivaji  

Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya].  

WHEREAS, it is intended to erect and maintain at Bombay a Museum as a memorial of the visit 

in the year 1905 of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to Bombay;  

And whereas, certain land has been set apart and large sums of money have been and are being 

subscribed for these purposes;  

And whereas, three Trustees have been provisionally appointed to take the custody of the said 

moneys;  

And whereas, it is expedient to make provision for the erection, maintenance and management of 

the Museum and for the vesting and management of the said land and moneys and for the appointment 

of a permanent Board of Trustees; It is hereby enacted as follows :—  

1.  Short title and commencement.—  (1) This Act may be called 3[the Chhatrapati Shivaji 

Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya] Act, 1909 and.  

(2) It shall come into force at once.  

2.  Property vested in the Board.— All the estate, right, title and interest of 4[Government] 

together with all other estates, rights, titles and interests in and to the land. specified in the Schedule to 

this Act and all moneys now in the custody of the three Trustees provisionally appointed to take the 

custody of the moneys subscribed for the purposes of erecting or maintaining at Bombay a Museum as 

a memorial of the visit in the year 1905 of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to Bombay and all 

the other property whether immovable or moveable, which has been or may hereafter be given, 

devised, bequeathed, transferred or otherwise acquired for the said purposes shall vest in the permanent 

Board of Trustees constituted by this Act on trust for the erection on the land specified in the said 

Schedule of a Museum to be called 5[The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya 

(Museum)] and for the maintenance and management of the said land and Museum.  

3.  Constitution and powers of the Board.— (1) There shall be constituted for the purposes of 

this Act a permanent Board of Trustees to be called “The Trustees of 6[the Chhatrapati Shivaji 

Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya]’’ and such Board (hereinafter called “the Board’’) shall be a body 

corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and in the name of “The Trustees of 7[the 

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya]” shall sue and be sued and shall have power to 
8[acquire and hold immovable or moveable property, to let on hire, lease or mortgage any immovable 

property vesting in them] to enter into contracts and to do all acts necessary for and consistent with the 

purposes of this Act:  

9[Provided that the Board shall not have power to mortgage any land specified in the Schedule 

which is included within lines drawn parallel to and at a distance of twenty feet from, above the plinths 

of the front corner towers of the present Museum building and extending from the Rampart Row 

                                                   
1  For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Bombay Government Gazette, 1908, Part VII, page 171, for Report of Select 

Committee, see ibid., 1909, Part-VII, page 91; and for Proceedings in Council see ibid., 1909, Part-VII, pages 36 and 

168. 
2  These words were substituted for the words “the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India” by Mah. 25 of 2001, s. 2. 
3  These words were substituted for the words “the Prince of Wales Museum” by Mah. 25 of 2001, s. 3. 
4  This word was substituted for the words “His Majesty” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 
5  These words were substituted for the words “The Prince of Wales Museum of Western India” by Mah. 25 of 2001, s. 4. 
6  These words were substituted for the words “The Prince of Wales Museum of Western India” by Mah. 25 of 2001,  

s. 5(a). 
7  These words were substituted for the words “The Prince of Wales Museum of Western India” by Mah. 25 of 2001,  

s. 5(a). 
8  These words were substituted for the words “hold and acquire property” by s. 2(a) of the Prince of Wales Museum 

(Amendment) Act, 1921 (Bom. 6 of 1921). 
9  This proviso was added by Bom. 6 of 1921, s. 2(b). 



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boundary to the Esplanade Road boundary which area contains by admeasurement 14,606 square 

yards, be the same a little more or less and is for greater clearness delineated on the plan referred to in 

Section 2 of the Prince of Wales Museum (Amending) Act, 1913 (Bom. VII of 1913) or any building 

thereon.]  

(2) The Board shall consist of the following members, namely :— 

1[*     *       * ] 

(b) the Collector of Bombay, V  

2[(b-1) the Director of Art, Maharashtra State;] 

3[(c) the Dean, Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy School of Art;]  

4[(c-1) the Director, Archaeology and Museum, Maharashtra State;]  

5[(d) the Superintendent, Department of Archaeology, Western Circle;  

(dd) the Superintendent, Department of Archaeology, South-Western Circle;]  

(e) such two members of the Municipal Corporation of the City of Bombay as shall from 

time to time be elected by the said Corporation in accordance with such regulations as may from 

time to time be made in this behalf by the said Corporation:  

Provided that the election shall be by 6[ballot ;]  

7[(f) three other persons be nominated by the 8[9[State] Government] ;]  

10[(g) so long as the collection installed in the Museum by the Bombay Natural History 

Society remains in the Museum, two other persons to be nominated by the Managing Committee 

of the Bombay Natural History Society;  

(h) so long as the loan collection of the Bombay branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 

remains in the museum, one other person to be nominated by the Bombay branch of that Society;  

11[(hh) one other person elected at a joint meeting of the Trustees of the Sir Dorabji Tata 

Trust constituted by a trust deed dated the eleventh day of March 1932 and of the Trustees of the 

Sir Ratan Tata Charities constituted by the will and codicil of Sir Ratan Tata dated the twenty-

first day of March 1913 and the twenty-ninth day of February 1916, respectively by a majority of 

votes of the Trustees present and voting at such meeting, the Chairman of such meeting having a 

casting vote in the case of an equality of votes;]  

(i) one other person to be nominated by the Syndicate of the University of Bombay; and  

(j) four other persons to be nominated by the Board, if the Board so desire, for such period 

as the Board may consider desirable.] 

(3) In the case of ex-officio members the person for the time being performing the duties of any of 

the offices mentioned in sub-section (2) shall act as a member.  

                                                   
1    Clause (a) was deleted by Mah. 18 of 1962, s. 2. Section 3 of the said Act reads as follows :—  

“3. Saving.— The omission of the Director of Industries from the Board of Trustees called “The Trustees of the 

Prince of Wales Museum of Western India”, a body corporate constituted under section 3 of the principal Act, shall not 

affect the constitution or powers of the Board and all acts and powers of the Board as constituted immediately before the 

commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be the acts and powers of the Board as constituted on the commencement 

of this Act.”. 
2  Clause (b-1) was inserted by Mah. 19 of 1967, s. 2(a). 
3  Clause (c) was deemed to have been substituted by Mah. 19 of 1967, a. 2(b), with effect from 24th October 1950. 
4  Clause (c-1) was substituted by Mah. 25 of 2001, a. 5(b). 
5  These clauses were substituted for clause (d) by Bom. 44 of 1954, s. 2. 
6  This word was substituted for the words “open vote, and” by Bom. 12 of 1922, s. 2. 
7  This clause was substituted, by Bom. 12 of 1922, s. 2. 
8  The words “Provincial Government” were substituted for the word “Government” by the Adaptation of Indian Laws 

Order in Council. 
9  This word was substituted for the word “Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 
10  These clauses were inserted by s. 2 of the Prince of Wales Museum (Amendment) Act, 1922 (Bom. 12 of 1922). 
11  Clause (hh) was inserted by Bom. 19 of 1933, s. 2. 



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(4) All acts done by a majority of the members present and voting at a meeting of the Board shall 

be deemed to be acts of the Board.  

(5) No act of the Board shall be deemed to be invalid merely by reason of any vacancy in or 

defect in the constitution of the Board.  

(6) The Board may appoint a person to act as their Secretary.  

(7) Orders for the payment of money on behalf of the Board shall be deemed to be sufficiently 

authenticated if signed by two members and countersigned by the Secretary.  

1[3-A.  Term of office: election and appointment of new members if a vacancy.— (1) 

Members of the Board other than ex-officio members shall, save as herein otherwise provided, hold 

office for a period of election and three years.  

(2) If a member, other than an ex-officio member—  

(a) dies, or  

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

(c) leaves the 2[State of Maharashtra] with the intention of being absent therefrom 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 may 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.  

3-B.  Power of Board to lend, exchange, sell or destroy articles in collections.— Subject to the 

provisions of any rules made by the 3[4[State Government] 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 articles in them under this Act;  

(b) exchange or sell articles contained in any such collection and take or purchase, in the 

place of such articles, such articles as may in their opinion be worthy of preservation in the 

Museum;  

(c) present articles contained in any such collection to other Museums in India or elsewhere 

and  

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

Provided that nothing herein contained shall authorise the Trustees to lend, exchange, sell, 

present, remove or destroy any article when such lending, exchange, sale, presentation, removal 

or destruction, as the case may be, is precluded by the terms on which the Trustees may have 

received any such article. 

3-C.  Power of Board to keep collections not belonging to them.— Notwithstanding anything 

hereinbefore contained, the Board may, if they think fit, assume the custody and administration of 

collections which are not the property of the Board for the purposes of their trust under this Act and 

keep and preserve such collections either in the Museum or elsewhere.]  

                                                   
1  Sections 3-A, 3-B and 3-C were inserted by s. 3 of the Prince of Wales Museum (Amendment) Act, 1922 (Bom. 12 of 

1922). 
2  These words were substituted for the words “State of Bombay” by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and 

Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960. 
3  The words “Provincial Government” were substituted for the word “Government’’ by the Adaptation of Indian Laws 

Order in Council. 
4  This word was substituted for the word “Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 



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4.  Officers and servants to be public servants.— All officers and servants employed by the 

Board shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code (XLV of 

1860):  

Provided that this section shall not apply to persons in the service of any contractor employed by 

the Board.  

5.  Rules.— (1) The 1[2[State] Government] may 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— 

(a) for the manner in which meetings of the Board shall be convened, the quorum necessary 

for the transaction of business and the procedure at such meetings;  

(b) for the appointment of committees of the Board and the powers of expenditure and 

control which may be delegated to such committees;  

(c) for the erection of the Museum on the land specified in the Schedule to this Act and for 

the maintenance and management of the said land and Museum, the care and custody of the 

objects deposited in the Museum and the conditions under which the public shall have access to 

the land or Museum;  

(d) for the maintenance, management and disposal of any other immoveable property vested 

in the Board and for the investment and re-investment in public securities or otherwise and for the 

safe custody of the funds of the Board;  

(e) for the form of accounts to be kept by the Board and for the audit and publication of such 

accounts; and  

(f) for the application to the officers and servants employed by the Board of the rules which 

apply to the civil servants of the Crown or to any class of such civil servants;  

3[(g) for the payment of contributions at such rates and subject to such conditions as may 

from time to time be prescribed 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.]  

4[6.  Powers to borrow from Central or 5[State] Government or person.— The Board may 

from time to time borrow or reborrow and take up at interest from 6[the Central or the 7[State] 

Government] or with the previous sanction of the 8[9[State] Government] from any person any sum 

necessary for the purpose of defraying any costs, charges or expenses incurred or to be incurred by 

them to carry out the purposes of this Act or for the purpose of repaying either in whole or part any 

sums hereafter borrowed or woing by the Board.  

10[*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *] 

7.  Mortgage of immoveable property or, revenues.— (1) The Board may borrow or reborrow 

any such sum as aforesaid from any person on the security of any immoveable property vesting in them 

other than the property mentioned in the proviso to Section 3 or of their revenues or of both of these 

securities.  

                                                   
1  The words “Provincial Government” were substituted for the word “Government” by the Adaptation of Indian Laws 

Order in Council. 
2  This word was substituted for the word “Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 
3  Clause (g) was inserted by Bom. 7 of 1924, s. 2(1). This clause shall be deemed to have had effect from such date as may 

be fixed by the Board in this behalf. See Section 2(2), by the Adaptation of Laws order, 1950. 
4  Sections 6 to 17 were added by s. 3 of the Prince of Wales Museum (Amendment) Act, 1921 (Bom. 6 of 1921). 
5  This word was substituted for the word “Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 
6  The words “the Central or the Provincial Government” were substituted for the words “the Government” by the 

Adaptation of Indian Laws Order in Council. 
7  This word was substituted for the word “Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 
8  The words “Provincial Government” were substituted for the word “Government” by the Adaptation of Indian Laws 

Order in Council. 
9  This word was substituted for the word “Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 
10  The proviso to s. 6 was omitted by the Adaptation of Laws order, 1950. 



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(2) For the purpose of securing the repayment of any sum so borrowed with interest thereon they 

may mortgage to the person by or on behalf of whom such sum is advanced any such immoveable 

property or revenues of both of these securities.  

8.  Provisions as to sinking funds.— (1) In respect of every loan raised by the Board for a term 

exceeding one year, the Board shall either pay off the money borrowed by equal yearly or half yearly 

instalments of principal or of principal and interest, or they shall in every year set apart as a sinking 

fund and accumulate in the way of compound interest by investing the same in the purchase of public 

securities or in such other securities as the 1[2[State] Government] may approve in this behalf such sum 

or sums as will, with accumulations in the way of compound interest, be sufficient after payment of all 

expenses to pay off the moneys so borrowed 3[within such period not exceeding sixty years] from the 

date of the raising of the loan as the 4[5[State Government] may in each case direct.  

(2) The Board may at any time apply the whole or any part of a sinking fund set apart under this 

section in or towards the discharge of the moneys for the repayment of which the fund has been 

established:  

Provided that they pay into the fund each time that interest would have been received by the 

Board in respect of the sinking fund or the part of the sinking fund so applied and accumulate, until the 

whole of the moneys borrowed are discharged, a sum equivalent to the interest which would have been 

so received.  

9.  Annual examination of sinking fund.— The sinking fund established for the liquidation of 

any loan shall be subject to annual examination by the 6[Accountant General, Maharashtra] who shall 

ascertain whether the cash and the value of the securities at the credit of the fund are actually equal to 

the amount which would have been accumulated, had investment been regularly made and had the rate 

of interest as originally estimated been obtained thereon. The Board shall pay forthwith into the sinking 

fund any amount which the Accountant General may certify to be deficient, unless the 7[8[State] 

Government] specially sanction a gradual readjustment.  

10.  Issue of debentures.— (1) In respect of any sinking fund which by this Act the Board are 

directed or empowered to invest in public securities or in such other securities as the 9[10[State 

Government] may approve in this behalf, it shall be lawful for the Board to reserve and set apart for, 

the purposes of any such investment any debentures to be issued on account of any loan for which the 

sanction of the 11[12[State] Government] shall have been duly obtained, provided that the intention so to 

reserve and set apart such debentures shall have notified as a condition of the issue of the loan. 

(2) The issue of any such debentures direct to and in the name of “the Trustees of the Prince of 

Wales Museum of Western India” 13[or, as the case may be, “The Trustees of the Chhatrapati Shivaji 

Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya”] shall not operate to extinguish or cancel such debentures, but every 

debenture so issued shall be valid in all respects as if issued to and in the name of, any other person.  

                                                   
1  The words “Provincial Government” were substituted for the words “the Government” by the Adaptation of Indian Laws 

Order in Council. 
2  This word was substituted for the word “Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 
3  These words were substituted for the words “within the period sanctioned” by s. 5 of the Prince of Wales Museum 

(Amendment) Act, 1922 (Bom. 12 of 1922). 
4  The words “Provincial Government” were substituted for the words “the Government” by the Adaptation of Indian Laws 

Order in Council. 
5  This word was substituted for the word “Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 
6  These words were substituted for the words “Accountant General Bombay” by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws 

(State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960. 
7  The words “Provincial Government” were substituted for the words “the Government” by the Adaptation of Indian Laws 

Order in Council. 
8  This word was substituted for the word “Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 
9  The words “Provincial Government” were substituted for the words “the Government” by the Adaptation of Indian Laws 

Order in Council. 
10  This word was substituted for the word “Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 
11  The words “Provincial Government” were substituted for the words “the Government” by the Adaptation of Indian Laws 

Order in Council. 
12  This word was substituted for the word “Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 
13  These words were inserted by Mah. 25 of 2001, s. 6. 



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(3) The purchase by or the transfer, assignment or endorsement to the Board of any debenture 

issued by the Board shall not operate to extinguish or cancel any such debenture but the same shall be 

valid and negotiable in the same manner and to the same extent as if held by or transferred, assigned or 

endorsed to any other person.  

11.  Form of debentures.— (1) When money is raised by the Board on debentures the 

debentures shall be in such form as the Board, with the previous sanction of the 1[2[State] 

Government], shall from time to time determine.  

(2) The holder of any debenture in any form duly authorised under this section may obtain in 

exchange therefor, upon such terms as the Board shall from time to time determine, a debenture in any 

other form authorised by the Board.  

(3) Every debenture issued by the Board shall be transferable by endorsement.  

(4) The right to payment of the moneys secured by any such debentures and to sue in respect 

thereof shall vest in the respective holders thereof for the time being without any preference by reason 

of some of such debentures being prior in date to others.  

12.  Prohibition endorsements on allonges.— Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 

15 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (XXVI of 1881), the holder of any debenture issued under 

the provisions of this Act and transferable by endorsement shall not be said to endorse the debenture or 

be called the endorser thereof, if when he signs the same for the purpose of negotiation he subscribes 

his signature for that purpose elsewhere than on the back of the debenture itself.  

13.  Issue of stock certificates.— (1) The Board may at their discretion at the time of issue or at 

any time during the currency of any debentures issued under the provisions of this Act, upon the 

application of the subscriber for or holder of, any such debentures, issue to him, in lieu of the 

debentures deliverable to or held by him, a certificate in the nature of a stock certificate in respect of 

each loan to which such debentures relate, which shall be in such form as the Board, with the previous 

consent of the 3[4[State] Government], shall from time to time determine.  

(2) The Board shall upon the application of the holder of a stock certificate convert the same into 

debentures of the loan to which it relates.  

14.  Payment to survivors of joint payees.— (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 

45 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (IX of 1872), when money in respect of any debenture or stock 

certificate issued under the provisions of this Act is payable to two or more persons jointly and either 

or any of them dies, the money shall be payable to the survivor or survivors of those persons. 

(2) Nothing herein contained shall affect any claim which the representative of the deceased 

person may have against the survivor or survivors in respect of the money payable jointly to him or 

them and the deceased.  

15.  Power of one or more joint holders to grant receipt.— Notwithstanding anything 

contained in Section 45 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (IX of 1872), where two or more persons are 

joint holders of any debenture or stock certificate issued under the provisions of this Act, any one of 

those persons may give an effectual receipt for any interest or dividend payable in respect of such 

debenture or stock certificate, unless notice to the contrary has been given to the Board by any other of 

those persons.  

16.  Notice of trust not receivable.— No Notice of any trust in respect of any debenture or stock 

certificate issued by the Board shall be receivable by the Board.  

17.  Board empowered to make rules.— (1) The Board may from time to time make rules 

prescribing—  

                                                   
1  The words “Provincial Government” were substituted for the word “Government” by the Adaptation of Indian Laws 

Order in Council. 
2  This word was substituted for the word “Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 
3  The words “Provincial Government” were substituted for the word “Government” by the Adaptation of Indian Laws 

Order in Council. 
4  This word was substituted for the word “Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 



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(a) the amounts for which debentures and stock certificates may be issued;  

(b) the mode in which payment of interest in respect of all debentures and stock certificates 

issued under the provisions of this Act is to be made, recorded and acknowledged;  

(c) the circumstances in which such debentures and stock certificates must be renewed 

before further payment of interest thereon can be claimed;  

(d) the fees to be levied in respect of the issue of renewed debentures and stock certificates;  

(e) the form of transfer to be used, the formalities to be observed and the fees to be levied on 

a transfer of stock;  

(f) the form in which debentures and stock certificates delivered for renewal are to be 

receipted;  

(g) the proof to be produced by persons applying for duplicate debentures and stock 

certificates;  

(h) the circumstances and manner in which duplicate debentures and stock certificates may 

be issued in case of debentures and stock certificates alleged to have been wholly or partly lost or 

destroyed and the period after which interest may be paid or a duplicate be issued in case of such 

debentures and stock certificates and the fees to be levied in respect of the issue of duplicate 

debentures and stock certificates;  

(i) the nature and amount of indemnity to be given by a person applying for the payment of 

interest on debentures alleged to have been wholly or partly lost or destroyed or the issue of 

duplicate debentures;  

(j) generally, the measures to be adopted for carrying out the purposes of this Act. 

(2)(a) No rule or alteration or revocation of a rule, shall have effect until the same shall have been 

approved by the 1[2[State] Government], and such approval shall have been published in the 3[Official 

Gazette] and no rule or alteration or revocation of a rule, shall be approved by the 4[5[State] 

Government] until the same shall have been published for three weeks successively in the said Gazette.  

(b) It shall be lawful for the 6[7[State] Government] at any time by notification in the said Gazette 

to cancel any rule published under the provisions of this section.]  

8[18.  Construction of reference in any instrument, etc. — On the commencement of the 

Prince of Wales Museum (Amendment) Act, 2001 any reference to “the Prince of Wales Museum of 

Western India” in any other enactment or rules regulations, enactment or by-laws, notifications or 

orders issued under any enactment or in any instrument, document or proceedings under its original 

name shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be deemed and construed to be the reference to “the 

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (Museum).”] 

9SCHEDULE10 

The semi-circular plot of land opposite the Sailors’ Home and Elphinstone College, bounded on 

the north by Rampart Row, measuring 31,957 square yards or thereabouts and bearing Survey No. 

8433 of the City of Bombay. 

                                                   
1  The words “Provincial Government” were substituted for the word “Government” by the Adaptation of Indian Laws 

Order in Council. 
2  This word was substituted for the word “Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 
3  The words “Official Gazette” were substituted for the words “Bombay Government Gazette”, by the Bombay Adaptation 

of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1956. 
4  The words “Provincial Government” were substituted for the word “Government” by the Adaptation of Indian Laws 

Order in Council. 
5  This word was substituted for the word “Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 
6  The words “Provincial Government” were substituted for the word “Government” by the Adaptation of Indian Laws 

Order in Council. 
7  This word was substituted for the word “Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 
8  Section 18 was inserted by Mah. 25 of 2001, s. 7. 
9  Some area was excluded from the area comprised in this Schedule, by Mah. 25 of 2001. 
10  This Schedule has been amended by s. 2 of the Prince of Wales Museum (Amending) Act, 1913 (Bom. 7 of 1913).