Preamble

Jy mys ER i, f I - . Cs eh Ee . El . he . Ga Low | MANIPUR YT! GAZETTE Cel aa : : - “i CA Te i A - HE . Lok CB : i EXTRAORDINARY : Ea ¥ ~ "PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY ~~ a ] / Mo. 111 THDHL “Thursday, Toa TIT 1993 yatta 27, 1915) i & TT GOVERNMBNT OF MANPUR SECRETARIAT : LAW & LEGISLATIVE AEFAIRS DEPARTMENT BUS a. - NOTIFICATION hE : i Tmiphal, the 17th June, 1993 . I SE No. 3/36/88-Teg/L—ite following Act of the Legilature, Manipur which = ¥ 3 mwsived agapr of the Resident of India op 9-693 is hereby published in the CLT . Manipur Gazette. : : Ss L. IBOMCHA SINGH, CE

• • Secretary to the Govt. of Manipur. i o N i Ei . . THE MANIPUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT, 1988 7 ! | FLAT Manipur Act No. 7 of 1993) ' 3
• • Seam Toy } An Th | Fo a © provide the establishment and maintenance of Public Libraries in the State of 4 . BN Manipur and matters connected therewith. i : y "Be it enacted by the Legislature of Manipur in the Thirty-ninth Year I . of the Republic of India as follows : . © « | H ’ hy CHAPTER I ol Co | SEE : PRELIMINARY ite | . 1. Short title, extent and comiencement.— (1) ThisAct may be called the . Manipur Public Libraries Act, 1988. --o ES pan | ) +®) + Toextnds'to the whol of the Bate of: Menipur, . | ! (3) It shall come into force on such dato as fie State Government may, by A [ 5 Rk wobifioation in the-official: Gazette, appoint. oo 57 rl” CEN - | . Laine - RCE - i i ON NL "| i | . | Is i bi { FE ~ Jy I . |= . “too ! RE B i ® RR CECA ET LF : 2. Dialtioss..~In:this Act, unless the context otherwise redfimen,
• • (1) ‘aided library’ means a library declared by the Director to be eligible for . ‘ aid cither from the State Government or from the Library Fund in accor- : k dance with the rules made under this Act; =~ ‘

1. (2) ‘Committee’ megns the State Library Committes cpnstituted ander section 3; 4
   • • .(3) ‘Director’ megs. the Director of Public leibraries apppinted under section 9; ; = 4) “District” means the revenue district JT x (5) ‘State Government’ means the State Government of Manipur ; = 7 i ~ - (6) ‘notification’ means a notification published in the Manipur Gazette; ~~ ~ i | J . (7) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; { H (8) ‘Public Library’ means,— Co - | : 4 (a) a library established or maintained by a District Library Authority, including the branches and delivery stations of such a library ; El . (b) a library established or maintained by the State Government and 1 3 ; Nl declared open to the’ public ; : oo -onE « a. “ (0) alibiary establishéd or maintained by any local body of co-operative n I societyzand declared open to the public ; SooET : :(d)- a library declared to be eligible for aid and receiving aid from the q ¥ . ~~ State Government or from the Library Fund ; ¢ < 1 and includes any other library notified by the State Government as a public library for the purposes of this Act;
2. (9) ‘State’ means the State of Manipur ; j 4 ) Al (10) “State Central Library’ means a library established by the State Government ol i as the State Central Library ; - 1 . #0 (11) “DistrictiLibrary’ means a Library established by the State Goverament - & as a District’Library ; p
3. (12) ‘Year’ means the financial year. | in . CHAPTER IL. 1 - 5 : . - y 4 THE STATE LIBRARY COMMITTEE pe
   • • 3. Constitution and composition” of the State Library Committee and its funetions.— (I) As soon as may be after: the commencement of this Act, the State b @eovernment shall, by notification, constitute for the purposes of this Act a committee to be called the, State Library Committee. | 5
4. (2) The Committee shall consist of— - i ¥ (a) the Minister in-charge of Education, who shall also be tke Chairman | 1 wl Soe oftheCommitters Ts | E
   • (b) €emmissioner/Secretary to the Governmesit in the :Edueation H p-- . Department ; H 3 a ] tL . Cd ~ A : Pe he i 5 bh : - ] me E wi oo I Ce mm 3 Tole Foe T= CARN oe 3 3 ) () the Director of Public Litizries who shall also be - the Secretary of the Committee ; Cea Ct (@ the Chief Librarian of the State Central Library ;
     • • (e) one erscn clected by the Syndicate of Manipyy University ; (©) one person nominated by the Manipur Library Association ;
     • • . (8) two persons nominated by the State Government from among the members of tte District Library Authorities H
   • (h) one person co-opted by the Committee. (3 The Committee shall advise the State Government cn all matters arising 7 under this Act and shall exercise and rerform such other powers and duties 1 as may be prescribed. :