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(1)There shall be established and founded in Scotland a library with the name of the National Library of Scotland (in this Act referred to as " the Library "), and for the purpose of managing the Library and for the other purposes of this Act there shall be constituted a Board of Trustees (in this Act referred to as "the Board"), which shall be a body corporate by the name of " The Trustees of the National Library of Scotland," with perpetual succession and a common seal, and power to sue and be sued, and to acquire and hold property for the purposes of the Library and of this Act. Service on the Board of all legal processes and notices shall be effected by service on their secretary.
(2)The Board shall be constituted and their proceedings shall be determined in accordance with the provisions contained in the Schedule to this Act.
(3)Any document purporting to be sealed with the seal of the Board or to be signed in the name of the Board by the chairman or the secretary of the Board or any person authorised by the Board to act in that behalf shall be receivable in evidence of the particulars stated in that document.
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