The Indian Museum Act 1876, 22 of 1876, (Rep., Act 10 of 1910)

Section 3. The Trustees of the said Indian Museum shall be

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3. The Trustees of the said Indian Museum shall be— - such Secretary to the Government of India as the Governor General in Council from time to time directs in this behalf, - the Accountant General, - five other persons to be nominated by the Governor General of India in Council, - the President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and four other Members of the Council of the said Society for the time being, to be nominated by the Council of the said Society, - the Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India, and - three other persons to be elected by the Trustees for the time being and appointed under their common seal; - and such Trustees and their successors shall, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, be and are hereby constituted a Body Corporate by the name of the "Trustees of the Indian Museum," and shall have a common seal, and by such name shall have perpetual succession; and all the powers of the said Corporation may be exercised so long and so often as there shall exist seven Members thereof. Ex officio Members.

Source: India Code