Act Number: 34

Act Name: The Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital (Acquisition and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1977

Year: 1977

Enactment Date: 1977-12-03

Long Title: An Act to provide for the acquisition of the Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital and for the management of the Kalavati Saran Hospital, with a view to ensuring better facilities for higher medical education for women and medical facilities for women and children in the Union territory of Delhi and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Department: Department of Health and Family Welfare

Section 2: Definitions.
    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
         (a) "appointed day" means the date on which this Act comes into force;
         (b) "Board of Administration" means the Board of Administration constituted by the Central Government under the Scheme;
         (c) "Board of Management" means the Board of Management of the Kalavati Saran Hospital, constituted by the Central Government;
         (d) "Fund" means the Lady Hardinge Hospital for Women and Children, Delhi, Fund established by the Scheme;
         (e) "Kalavati Saran Hospital" means the institution known as the Kalavati Saran Childrens Hospital, New Delhi, together with the dispensaries attached thereto and used in connection therewith, and includes all laboratories and libraries used in connection with, or as accessories to, or adjuncts of, the said Hospital;
         (f) "Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital" means the institutions known as the Lady Hardinge Medical College for Women, New Delhi, and the Lady Hardinge Hospital for Women and Children, New Delhi, together with the dispensaries attached thereto and used in connection therewith, and includes all lecture-rooms, museums, laboratories, libraries, hostels and boarding-houses used in connection with, or as accessories to, or adjuncts of, the said College of Hospital;
         (g) "Scheme" means the Scheme for the administration of the Fund settled by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Charitable Endowments Act, 1890 (6 of 1890), and published with the notification of the Government of India, in the late Ministry of Health, No. F. 4-3(1) /53-MI, dated the 12th June, 1953, as amended by the notifications of the Government of India, in the late Ministry of Health, No. F. 4-77/56-MII, dated the 14th March, 1957 and No. F. 4-77/56-MII, dated the 17th April, 1957;
         (h) "Treasurer" means the Treasurer of Charitable Endowments for India, appointed under the Charitable Endowments Act, 1890 (6 of 1890).
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