District and City Libraries

(1) The Government may, by notification establish a District Library in the headquarters of every district and, for the purpose of this section, a District Library established by Government prior to the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be a District Library established under this Act. (2) Where the population of any- city, town or any other urban area is two lakhs or more, the Government may, by notification establish in that area a City Library or declare an existing library, which is established by it, to be a City Library, notwithstanding that a District Library already exists in the concerned district.