The National Trust Commission Act

(Amended K.O-I-C No. 22/1973)

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PART III

SWAZILAND NATIONAL CENTRE AND DECLARED INSTITUTIONS

Establishment of Swaziland National Centre.

9. There is hereby established an institution to be known as the Swaziland National Centre, the assets and liabilities of which shall vest in the Commission.

Proclamation of declared institutions.

10. The Minister may in consultation with the Prime Minister by notice in the Gazette proclaim an institution to be a declared institution, whereupon all the assets and liabilities of that institution shall vest in the Commission, unless expressly otherwise provided for in that notice.

The curator and his functions.

11. (1) The Commission shall appoint a curator to be in charge of a declared institution.

(2) The functions of the curator shall be -

(a) to receive, hold and preserve all specimens, collections, or other movable property of whatever kind placed under the care of, or loaned to, or belonging to, the declared institution;

(b) to maintain and preserve all buildings, land, and other immovable property in the care of, loaned to, or belonging to, the declared institution.

(c) to undertake such administrative functions in connexion with the declared institution as may be necessary, including the preparation of annual estimates of revenue and expenditure and the keeping of books of account;

(d) to keep proper records of the property of the declared institution and to submit to the Commission any returns or information requested by it; and

(e) generally to carry out the purposes and objects of the declared institution.

(3) A curator may, subject to any other law and subject to the approval of the Commission, determine the hours during which and the conditions and restrictions under which the public may visit the declared institution.

(4) A curator shall once a year submit to the Commission a written report of the activities of the declared institution, including a financial statement outlining his use of the funds put at his disposal regardless of their source.

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