(1) There shall be formed for the Mahajati Sadan a fund to be called the Mahajati Sadan Fund to which shall be credited—
(a) the sums of money paid or granted by the Provincial Government and the Corporation of Calcutta either as contributions for the maintenance of the Mahajati Sadan or Otherwise for the purposes thereof,
(b) all other sums of money received . by the Board for the purposes of the Mahajati Sadan, and
(c) all income derived from any property owned or managed by the Board for the purposes of the Mahajati Sadan.
(2) The Mahajati Sadan Fund shall become vested in the Board and shall be under the control and be held in trust for the purposes of the Mahajati Sadan.
(3) All monies creditable to the Mahajati Sadan Fund shall be received by the Secretary to the Board and shall forthwith be paid into the Imperial Bank of India to the credit of an account to be called the Mahajati Sadan Fund Account.
Contribution by the Provincial Government.
Contribution by the Corporation of Calcutta.
Repairs to the Mahajati Sedan, Maintenance of accounts by the Board.
10. The Provincial Government shall, for the purposes of the Mahajati Sadan, contribute annually to the Board a sum of twenty-five thousand rupees and may contribute such other sum as the Provincial Government may think fit.
11. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923, the Corporation of Calcutta B en . Ac 1923 t shall, for the purposes of the Mahajati Sadan, contribute m of .
annually to the Board a sum of five thousand rupees and may contribute such other sums as the Corporation may, from time to time, determine.
12. The Provincial Government shall contribute annually a sum not less than five thousand rupees for the purposes of causing such repairs, additions or alterations to be executed to the main and subsidiary buildings of the Mahajati Sadan and to the equipments thereof as, in the opinion of the Provincial Government, are necessary.
13. The accounts of the Board shall be kept, audited and published in accordance with such rules as may be made by the Provincial Government and shall show the initial expenditure incurred by the Provincial Government—
(a) under section 6 for acquiring the properties described in the First Schedule, and Validation.
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(b) under section 7 for completing the erection of the Mahajati Sadan and for equipping the same.
14. The Provincial Government may call upon the Returna.
Board to furnish it with any extract from any proceedings of the Board or from any record under the control of the,, Board or with any information concerning the administra tion of the Mahajati Sadan and the Board shall thereupon furnish the same without unreasonable delay.