 the countess of dufferin's fund bill, i9s7(as introduced in lok sabha)  tim countess of dufferin's fund bill, 1957 (as introduced in lok sabha) a billto provide fot the transfer of the fund known as the countess of dufferin's fund to the central government be it emcted by parliament in the eighth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the countess of dufferin's fund act, short tille 1957 definitions z in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,-5 (a) "association" means the' national association for supplying medical aid by women to the women of india, being a society registered under the societies registration act, 1860; 21 of ib60  10 (b) "fund" means all property, movable or immovable, of or belonging to the association; 3 on the commencement of thjs act-(a) the association shall stand dissolved; dlaaolutioll of aasoc:fa tiod and transfer of fund (b) the fund shall vest in the central government; and 15 (c) all the debts and liabilities of the association shall be transferred to the central government and sball thereafter be discharged and satisfied by it out of the fund validation ot certain act done before the commencement of this act 4 notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, all acts and things done, before the commencement of this act, by any person acting or purporting to act inpurs1jeulce of the resolutions passed at the extraordinary general meeting of the association held on the 19th day of april, 1948, shall be valid and s shall be deemed always to have been valid and no suit or other proceeding shall be instituted, maintained or continued against any person whatever on the ground that any such act or thing was not done in accordance with law  statement of objects and reasonsthe national association for supplying medical aid by women to the women of india was established in 1885 with the object of imparting medical education to women, rendering medical relief, and supplying nurses and midwives for hospitals and private work in 1888, the association was registered as a society under the societies rep tration act, 1860 (21 of 1860) the fund which was raised by public subscriptions both in india and the united kingdom, was known as "the countess of dufferin's fund" and was managed by the ass0-ciation mter partition it became necessary to wind up the associa-  tion the association passed a resolution to this effect on the 19th april, 1948 this bill seeks to provide for the transfer of the assets and liabilities of the association to the central government it also seeks to provide for the validation of all action taken since the 19th april, 1948 new delw; d p karmarkar tn 28th nd'uft'tber" 1957 a bill to provide for the transfer of the fund known as the countess of dufferin's fund to the central government (shrl d p karmarkar, minister of health) 