Constitution and incorporation of District Authority

(1) For the purposes of organizing and administering public libraries in the State, there shall be constituted District Library Authority, one for each of the districts by the name of the district concerned. (2) Every District Library Authority shall, by the name of the area for which it is constituted, be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to enter into contracts and may be the said name sue and be sued. (3) It shall be the duty of every District Library Authority to provide library service in the area of its jurisdiction in such a way that after enactment of this Act to formulate a plan in a phase wise manner to establish a block library as far as possible in every development block, a city/town library in every municipality/town area and a village library in every Gram Panchaayt area as earlier as possible.