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Establishment of museums
11.—(1) The Board may establish any museums that it thinks fit. (2) Every museum established by the Board under subsection (1) is to be known by any name that the Board thinks fit. (3) All museums established by the Board under subsection (1) and the museum transferred to the Board under section 37 are collectively known as the National Museum of Singapore.
Appointment of directors of museums
12. The Board may appoint a director for any museum established by the Board under section 11 and the museum transferred to it under section 37 who is responsible to the Board for the general management and control of the museum so established or transferred.
Initial vesting of objects in Board
13.—(1) Where the property in an object was vested in the Government immediately before 1 August 1993, and the object —(a) then formed part of the collections of the National Museum; or (b) was then in use in respect of the collections or solely for the purposes of the administration of the National Museum, then the property is on that date to be vested instead in the Board. (2) In the case of an object mentioned in subsection (1)(a), it is immaterial that, immediately before 1 August 1993, it was situated elsewhere than at premises managed for the purposes of the National Museum. (3) On 1 August 1993, any right, power, duty or liability which was immediately before that date exercisable by or incumbent on the Government in relation to any object mentioned in subsection (1) is instead to be exercisable by or incumbent on the Board. (4) Subsections (1) and (3) do not apply as regards such object excepted from those provisions as the Minister may specify.
Certain gifts vesting on or after 1 August 1993
14.—(1) Subsection (2) applies to a gift (by will or otherwise) —(a) which is contained in an instrument made or executed before 1 August 1993 but coming into effect on or after that date; and (b) which would, apart from this Act, have vested an interest in property (of any nature) in the Government for the purposes of the National Museum. (2) The gift is to, in the absence of any contrary intention expressed in that or another instrument made by the testator or donor, have effect so as to vest the interest in the Board in place of the Government.
Acquisition and disposal of objects
15.—(1) The Board may acquire (whether by purchase, exchange or gift) any object which in its opinion is desirable to add to its collections. (2) Without affecting any power apart from this subsection, the Minister may transfer to the Board any object (whether or not the Minister acquired it before the Board’s establishment) if in the Minister’s opinion it would appropriately form part of its collections. (3) The Board may not dispose of an object of significant national or historical value, the property in which is vested in the Board and which is comprised in its collections, unless the object is —(a) a duplicate of another object the property in which is so vested and which is so comprised; or (b) in the Board’s opinion unsuitable for retention in its collections, and the disposal is done with the prior approval of the Minister and by way of sale, exchange or gift. (4) The Board may dispose of (by whatever means, including destruction) any object which the Board is satisfied has become useless for the purposes of its collections by reason of damage, physical deterioration or infestation by destructive organisms. (5) An object may be disposed of as mentioned in subsection (4) despite a trust or condition (express or implied) prohibiting or restricting the disposal of the object. (6) Money accruing to the Board by virtue of a disposal mentioned in this section must be applied by the Board in the acquisition of objects to be added to its collections.
Lending and borrowing of objects
16.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Board may lend any object the property in which is vested in the Board and which is comprised in its collections (whether or not the loan is for the purposes of public exhibition, and whether or not under the terms of the loan the object is to remain in Singapore). (2) In deciding whether or not to lend an object, and in determining the time for which and the conditions subject to which an object is to be lent, the Board —(a) must give special consideration to a request for the loan of an object for public exhibition; and (b) subject to paragraph (a), must have regard to the interests of students and other persons visiting the Board’s collections, the suitability of the prospective borrower, the purpose of the loan, the physical condition and degree of rarity of the object and any risks to which it is likely to be exposed. (3) Where the property in an object has become vested in the Board subject to a condition, the power conferred by subsection (1) is exercisable in a manner inconsistent with the condition if either —(a) 25 years have elapsed since the date on which the property became vested in the Board; or (b) the person who first imposed the condition or his or her personal representatives have consented in writing to the exercise of the power in that manner. (4) The Board may accept loans of objects for the purpose, subject to the terms of the loan, of exhibiting them, or of study or research by the Board or by persons seeking to inspect them.
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