Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) ‘aided library‘ means a library declared by the Director to be eligible for aid either from the Government or from the Library Fund in accordance with the rules made under this Act; (2) [XXX] (3) ‘director‘ means the Director of Public Libraries appointed under section 8; (4) ‘district‘ means a revenue district; (5) ‘Government‘ means the State Government; (6) ‘library cess‘ means the cess levied under sub-section (1) of section 20; (7) ‘notification‘ means a notification published in the Telangana Gazette; (7a) ‘Parishad‘ means the Telangana Grandhalaya Parishad established under section 3; (8) ‘prescribed‘ means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (9) ‘public library‘ means,— (a) a library established or maintained by a Zilla Grandhalaya Samstha including the branches and delivery stations of such a library; (b) a library established or maintained by the Government and declared open to the public; (c) a library established or maintained by any local body or co-operative society and declared open to the public; (d) a library declared to be eligible for aid and receiving aid from the Government or from the Library Fund; and includes, any other library notified by the Government as a public library for the purposes of this Act; (10) ‘State‘ means the State of Telangana; (11) ‘State Central Library‘ means a library established by the Government as the State Central Library; (12) ‘Regional Library‘ means a library established by the Government as a ‘Regional Library‘; (13) ‘year‘ means the financial year.