Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) 'academic library' means a library maintained by a university, college, school or research institution; (2) 'aided library' means a library declared by the Director of Public Libraries to be eligible for aid from the Government in accordance with the rules made under this Act; (3) 'book' includes,- (i)every volume,part or division of a volume, and pamphlet, in any language; (ii)every sheet of music, map, chart or plan separately printed or lithographed: (iii)newspapers, periodicals and other such materials; (4) 'Chief Librarian' means the Librarian appointed to be in charge of a City Central Library or a District Central Library and other Libraries and the library service under the control of a City Library Authority or a District Library Authority, as the case may be; (5) 'City Library Authority' means a Library Authority constituted for a city or other urban area under sections 16 and 17; (6) 'State-owned Library' means a library maintained by a Department of the State Government, the State Legislature, the High Court or any other court or any authority of the State; (7) 'district' means a revenue district; (8) 'District Library Authority' means a Library Authority constituted for a district under sections 16 and 18; (9) 'library cess' means a cess levied under section 30; (10) 'Local Library Authority' means a City Library Authority or a District Library Authority; (11) 'notification' means a notification published in the official Gazette; (12) 'outlier library' means any library other than a public library; (13) 'prescribed' means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (14) 'public library' means,- (a)a library established or maintained by a Local Library Authority, including the branches and delivery stations of such library; (b)a library established or maintained by the State Government and declared open to the public; (c)a library established or maintained by any local authority and declared open to the public; (d)a library declared to be eligible for aid and receiving aid from the State Government; and includes, any other library notified by the State Government as a public library for the purposes of this Act; (15) 'State Central Library' means the library declared to be the State Central Library under Chapter VI; (16) 'Director of Public Libraries' means the Director of Public Libraries appointed under this Act; (17) 'State Library Authority' means the Authority constituted under section 3; (18) 'year' means the financial year.