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The Gandhi Ashram (Board of Trustees) Ordinance, 1975

( Ordinance NO. LI OF 1975 )

Extinction of the Ambika-Kaliganga Charitable Trust
14. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, or in any agreement, deed or other instrument, upon the constitution of the Board-
 
 
 
 
(a) the Ambika-Kaliganga Charitable Trust created by Mr. Hemanta Kumar Ghose by a deed of trust dated the 5th of June, 1949 (hereinafter referred to as the trust deed) shall stand extinguished;
 
 
(b) the Gandhi Ashram, together with all lands, buildings and other properties, movable or immovable, and funds belonging to it, and all lands and buildings described in the trust deed and all other properties, movable or immovable, funds, rights and powers which, immediately before the constitution of the Board, were vested in or held by the trustees of the said Ambika-Kaliganga Charitable Trust shall stand transferred to and vest in the Board;
 
 
 
 
(c) all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Gandhi Ashram, and of the trustees of the said Ambika-Kaliganga Charitable Trust, subsisting immediately before the constitution of the Board shall stand transferred to the Board.
 
 
 
 
(2) The Government may, for the purpose of removing any difficulty in relation to the transfer and other matters specified in sub-section (1), make such orders as it considers expedient, and any such order shall be deemed to be, and given effect to as, part of the provisions of this Ordinance.
 
 
 
 

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