(1) The Museum which has vested in the State Government under section 3 shall, by force of such vesting, be freed and discharged from any trust, obligation, mortgage, charge, lien and all other incumbrances affecting it, and any attachment, injunction or decree or order of any court, tribunal or other authority restricting the use of the whole or any part of the Museum in any manner shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
(2) The Museum shall be run by the State Government as a State institution.
(3) Any contract, whether express or implied, or other arrangement, whether made under any statute or otherwise, in relation to the affairs of the Museum and in force immediately before the appointed day shall be deemed to have terminated on the appointed day.
(4) Where any licence or other instrument in relation to the Museum had been granted at any time before the appointed day to the Museum by the Central Government or the State Government or any other authority, the State Government shall, on and from the appointed day, be deemed to be substituted in such licence or other instrument in place of the Museum referred to therein as if such licence or other instrument had been granted to it.
Acquisition of the Museum.
General effect of vesting.
406 The Bengal Natural History Society (Acquisition of the Natural History Museum) Act, 1993.
XXIV of 1993.]
(Sections 5, 6)
(5) Any liability incurred by the Museum (including the liability, if any, arising in respect of any loans or amounts advanced by the State Government to the Museum together with interest thereon) on or after the former date, shall, on and from the appointed day, be the liability of the State Government.
(6) If, on the appointed day, any suit, appeal or other proceeding of whatever nature in relation to any matter in respect of the Museum, is pending, the same shall not abate, be discontinued or be, in any way, prejudicially affected by reason of the transfer of the Museum or of anything contained in this Act, and the suit, appeal or other proceeding may be continued, proceeded with and enforced by or against the State Government.
(7) Any person in possession or custody or control of the whole or any part of the Museum on the date immediately before the appointed day shall, on the appointed day, deliver the possession of the Museum or part thereof to the State Government or to such person as may be specified by the State Government in this behalf
(8) The State Government may take, or cause to be taken, such steps as it considers necessary for securing the possession of the Museum which has vested in the State Government under section 3.
5. For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that there shall not be paid any compensation for the acquisition of the Museum by authority of this Act under article 300A of the Constitution of India.
Acquisition without compensation.