Constitution and composition of the Kerala State Library Council

The Kerala State Library Council

Constitution and composition of the Kerala State Library Council.—

1. (1) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the Government may, by notification, constitute a Library Council for the State to be called the Kerala State Library Council which shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid having perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to enter into contracts, and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
2. (2) The State Library council shall consist of one member each from a taluk, elected by the general body of the District Library Council, of the members nominated by the Government, of whom one shall be a librarian, one shall be a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes and one shall be a woman and five officials who shall be, the Principal Secretaries or Secretaries to Government, as the case may be, of the Higher Education Department, the General Education Department, the Finance Department, the Cultural Affairs Department and the Local Administration Department or officers not below the rank of Deputy Secretaries of the respective Departments, nominated, as the case may be, by the concerned Principal Secretaries or Secretaries.
3. (3) There shall be an Executive Committee for the State Library Council consisting of twenty-five members of whom, fifteen shall be elected by the elected members of State Library Council, form among themselves, and the remaining ten members shall be the non-officials and officials referred to in sub-section (2).”]
4. (4) The Executive Committee shall meet at such times and at such places as the President of the State Library Council may decide and exercise such powers and functions as may be prescribed.
5. (5) The elected members of the Executive Committee shall elect a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Joint Secretary from among themselves to be the President, Vice-President, Secretary and Joint Secretary respectively of the State Library Council and of the Executive Committee.