State Act

The Albert Victor Leper Hospital ( Abolition) Act, 1956

4. (1) All funds and other properties of the Hospital which immediately before the commencement of this Act were vested in the Board are hereby transferred to and vested in the State Government free of trusts (if any) existing immediately before such commencement. (2) The said funds and properties shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), be applied by the State Government for any purpose connected with the prevention, treatment or relief of leprosy or for the promotion of any research work on leprosy, as the State Government thinks fit. (3) The State Government shall discharge out of the said funds and properties, all debts and pecuniary liabilities of the Board (including claims, if any, relating to pensions, provident fund and gratuities of officers and servants of the Board) for which the Board would have been liable if this Act had not been passed. (4) The State Government may from time to time vary the manner of the investment of any of the said funds, or capitalize any of the said funds or properties by sale or other manner of disposal.