Power of the Government to take action in respect of matters pending undisposed of before the corporation

(1) The Government may at any time call from the Chief Commissioner the records relating to the business pending before the corporation and on receipt of such records, it may examine the same. (2) If on such examination and after such enquiry as it thinks necessary, it is found that in respect of any matter which is pending before the corporation for more than three months from the date on which any such matter was brought before the corporation or is pending before a standing committee for more than sixty days after it was placed before it, urgent decision is necessary in the interest of administration of the corporation, then the Government may, notwithstanding anything in this Act,- (i) after giving the corporation notice of not less than fifteen days, pass such orders with reference to such matter as it considers necessary; or (ii) direct that the matter pending before the standing committee shall be deemed to be referred to the corporation and be disposed of on that basis: Provided that, no such notice shall be necessary in respect of any matter pending before the corporation which is of public importance and the decision of the Government whether the matter is of public importance or not, shall be final. (3) Every order passed by the Government under this section shall be communicated to the Chief Commissioner who shall give effect to such order expeditiously as if such order is a resolution of the corporation. (2) A person shall not permit any book which has been taken from a public or circulating library, and is under his control, to be used by any person whom he knows to be suffering from an infectious disease. (3) A person shall not return to any public or circulating library any book which he knows to have been exposed to infection from any infectious disease, or permit any such book which is under his control to be so returned, but shall give notice to the Chief Commissioner that the book has been so exposed to infection and the Chief Commissioner shall cause the book to be disinfected and returned to the library, or to be destroyed. (4) The Chief Commissioner shall pay to the proprietor of the concerned library the value of any book destroyed. Explanation.- For the purposes of this section the Commissioner shall from time to time notify what diseases are to be deemed infectious.