_11 no 11 of 1'7' the victoria memorial cmtendment) bill, 1919  a billfurther to amend the victoria memorial act, 1903 1;\e ,it ena~ted by parliament in the thirtieth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the victoria memorial (amendment) act, short ),979 title ulof 1903 5 ,2 in the vi<:toria m;~orial act, 1903 (hereinafter referred to as amendment the principal act), in section 2,-of section 2 (i)fqr suh-$e(:tion(,1), tile follqwing sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-" (1) the l'rwltees of the v:ictori~ mem~~al (hereinafter 10 called the trustees) shall be the following, namely:-(a) the governor of west bengal, e~ otficio chairman; (b) the chief justice of the high court of west 'f bengal, ex ojjicio; < 15 (c) three persons to be nominated by the central qovernment, one of whom shall be a representative of com-20 w~r(fe and industry, chosen in consultation with the state govqrllfilent of west bengal and ~wo others chosen from amollg persons who, in the opinion of the central government, ll~ve ~~~rt know1edge of theexhibiti in the victoria mem9x:ie41 or are m~eologists h1stoj;'hms qt' fu't histori:~~ (d) a representative of the central government in the ministry concerned with matters relating to the victoria memorial, ex otjicio; (e) a representative of the central government in the ministry of finance, department of expenditure, concerned s with matters relating to the victoria memorial, ex of11cio; (f) the mayor of the corporation of calcutta and where the corporation of calcutta is superseded, the administrator of that corporation, ex officio; (g) an officer, not below the rank of the accountant- 10 general, nominated by the comptroller and auditor-general of india, ex otjicio; (h) the secretary to the government of west bengal in the department of education, ex offici»; (i) four persons (of whom one at least shall be from 15 the general body of subscribers), to be nominated by the trustees from among persons, who, in the opinion of the trustees, have expert lmowledge of the exhibits in the victoria memorial or are museologists, historians or art historians, with the approval of the central government"; 20 (ii) after sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be inserted namely:-ii (3a) if any of the trustees referred to in clauses (b), (d), (e), (f>, (g) and (h) of sub-section (1) is unable to attend any meeting of the trustees, he may, with the previous approval of 2s the chairman, authorise in writing a person to do so   3 in section 5 of the principal act,-amendment of section 5 (a) in sub-section (1), after the words "central government may" the words ", by notification in the official gazette," shall be inserted;  30 (b) in sub-section (2) ,-(i) after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-"(da) the fees to be levied for admission to the victoria memorial;"; 3s (ii) in clause (e), the word "and" occurring at the end shal1 be omitted; (iii) clause (f) shall be omitted; (c) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely: -40 "(3) every rule made by the central government under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total ~ period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in' two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of 45 the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the fule or both houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form: pr be of no effect, as the case may be; ~o, however, that any 50 - lok sabha co&-rtigenda to for "administrati'jn" ~ "administrative" l-:"e w de lhi - , l-to be/as jntro!1ucell in lqk sabha i ," ~de victoria her1jrial (a:'tei~bl''iej:t) bill, 1979 '1-~ for "subordinate" read "subordinate n t' 1 page 4, line j,-2 page 5, line 12,-feb mary 20," ,, 79 _ -=--:--~ phalguna 1, 1900 ~saka) such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice tb the validity of anything previously done under that rule  4 after section 5 of the principal act, the following section shall be inseruon inserted, namely: -of new aection 8 5 "6 (1) the trustees may, with the previous approval of the central government, by notification in the official gazette make regulations, not inconsistent with this act and the rules made thereunder, for enabling the body to discharge its functions under this act power of trustees to make regulations 10 (2) in particular, and without prejudice to 'the generality of the foregoing power, such regulations may provide for all or any of the fol1owing matters, namely:-(a) the conditions and restrictions subject to which articles and things vested in the trustees may be given on loan; (b) the recruitment and conditions of service of the employees of the victoria memorial is 20 (3) every regulation shall, as soon as may be, after it is made by the trustees, be forwarded to the central government and that government shall cause a copy of the same to be laid before each house of parliament, while it is in session for a total period of thirty days, which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the regulation or both houses agree that the regulation should not be made, the regulation shall thereafter 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 under that regulation"  statement of objects and reasonsthe victoria me~orial act, 1903 makes provisions for the erection, n1aintenance and management of the victoria memorial and for the appointment of a permanent body of, trustees section 2 specifies the composition of the trustees of the memorial it is proposed to amend this section suitably for giving wicier representation, as reco'mirierided by the trustees at present, the rules made under the act provide for the levy of fees for admitting persons to the memorial the committee on subordinate legislati6n (fifth lok sabha) in its nineteenth report, expressed the view that the imposition of fee involving financial burden should be specifieally authorised by the act it is, therefore, proposed to amend section 5 of the act, on the lines of the salar jung museum act, 1961, to empower the central government to make rules for the levy of ree opportunity is being taken to incorporate the provision for laying the rules made by the central government before parliament the trustees are empowered under the rules to create such pasts as may be necessary for the care or maintenance of the memorial atld fot tegi11ating the service ccmditions of the employees of the memorial the committee on subordinate legislation desired thilt, to avoid any ambiguity, the limits of del~ation in respect of such matters should be well defined in the act accordingly, it is proposed to insert a new section in the act for empowering the trustees to make regulatidns for this purpose and for laying before parliament the regulatiotls made by the trustees the bill seeks to give effect to the above objects new delhi; pratap chandra chunder the 2nd february, 1979 clause 3 of the bill' seeks to amend section 5 o~ the act so as to empower the central government to make rules regardihg the fees to be levied for admission to the victoria memorial clause 4 of the bill seelcs to idbett 11ft seetioll 6t ,,  trustees of the victoria memorial to make regulations, not inconsistent with the act and the rules made therelinder, regu4tng the e'onditions and restrictions subject to which articles arid ttdrrgs ve~ j11' ntet1'lli-tees may be given on loan and the recruitment and conditions of·letvice of the employees of the victoria memorial the matters in respect of w'hiclt sueh rules ad ~attods may be made are generally matters of procedure and ac:lmtaistratilon mereover the rules and regulations made under the act will have to be laid before eaeh house of parliament and they will be subject to the scrutiny of parliament the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character (10 of 1903)   - - -  trusteee z (1) the trustees of the victoria memorial (hereinafter called the trustees) shall be the following, nllmely:-(4) the minister in charge of the' ministry of the central government concerned with matters relating to the victoria memorial, (b) the governor of west bengal, (c) the chief justice of calcutta, (d) 'two, persons to be nominated by the central government from among persons who, in the opinion of that government, have expert knowledge of the exhibits in the vietoria memorial or are museologists, historians or art histoiians, (e) the ~retary to the government of india in the ministry concerned with matters relating to the victoria memorial, (f) the president of the bengal chamber of commerce, (g) the mayor of the corporation of calcutta, and (h) such and so many persons as shall from time to time be nominated by the trustees from among persons who, in the opinion of the trustees, have expert knowledge of the exhibits in the victoria memorial or are museologists, historians or art historians, with the approval of the central government to represent the general body of subscribers      - rulet 5 (1) the central 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-- - -   - (e) for the form of accounts to be kept by the trustees, and for the audit and publication of such accounts; and (f) for the application to the mlicers and servants employed by the trustees of the rules which apply to the civil servants of the government, or to any class of such civil servants , ":4-"' 't a i i'·  bill further to amend the victoria memorial act, 1903   (dr pratap chandra ch'l£f/,der, minister oj educatioln, social welfore and c?(lture) 