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"content": "National museums also play a critical role in assessing the power of association of such items to various communities, to ensure that there shall be no conflict once this is transferred. They also play a critical role in bringing out standards and policies and best practices when it comes to heritage management. Apart from this, it plays a critical role when it comes to research and giving out information flow to various areas and entire country pertaining to things of national importance or heritage. They play a critical role in acquisition of special heritage sites in our country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Clause 7 provides for functions of the county government. County governments came into place after the Constitution, 2010. Therefore, this Bill is going to provide for functions of the county governments pertaining to county museums. That is the mandate to also collect, document, exhibit materials or historical, cultural and natural heritage that are of importance for respective counties. The county governments have also been given the role to implement national standards of museums and heritage, of course, borrowing this from the national museums itself. Clause 8 speaks to the management board of the national museums. This one talks about the composition and qualification to get the tenure of office. Looking at the composition, one notable and important area is Clause 8 (f) that talks about two persons. That now brings on board the county governments. In the past, the county governments were not there. Right now, Clause 8 (f) brings on board county governments to speak to issues national museums and heritage. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Clause 8 (4) also speaks to a critical area that if the chairperson is a man, the vice chairperson shall be of the opposite gender and vice versa. In the past, this clause was not there. Clause 8, apart from speaking to the management board, speaks to how this management boards are appointed and how they shall conduct business. Clause 9 speaks to qualifications of these members of the board. The first one is the chairperson, who apart from having a degree, must have 15 years’ experience in a relevant field related to heritage and museums. Clause 9 (2) speaks to members, who also apart from having a degree in any field, must have ten years’ experience in a relevant field related to heritage and museums. Clause 9 (3) speaks to conditions for discharging duties once they have been appointed. At the same time, it also speaks to conditions for being disqualified from appointment. Some of it includes the normal ones, such as bankruptcy, criminal offense and removal from any public office. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Clause 10 speaks to the tenure of office of these members of the board. Of course, Clause 11 speaks to vacation of the office, coming in cases of criminal offence or absence in three consecutive meetings or when a person resigns or dies. Clause 12 speaks to removal from office, again, in case there is mental incapacitation, gross misconduct and incompetence, or maybe serious violation of the Constitution. Clause 13 speaks to conditions of conducting meetings."
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