Kerala Grandhasala Sangham (Taking Over of Management) Act, 1977

No: 19 Dated: Aug, 12 1977

THE KERALA GRANTHASALA SANGHOM (TAKING OVER OF MANAGEMENT) ACT, 1977

[Act No. 19 of 1977]

An Act to provide for the taking over in the public interest of the management of the undertaking of the Kerala Grandhasala Sanghom, with a view to ensuring the proper working of that Sangham and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;

WHEREAS in the interest of the libraries in the State and in the public interest it is necessary to provide for the taking over of the management of the undertaking of the Kerala Grandhasala Sanghom by the State for a limited period with a view to ensuring the proper working of that Sangham and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;

BE it enacted in the Twenty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows: -

1. Short title and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Grandhasala Sangham (Taking over of Management) Act, 1977.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 16th day of March, 1977.

2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "articles of association" means the articles of association Grandhasala Sangham;

(b) "district committee" means a district committee constituted under article 24(a) of the articles of association.

(c) "executive committee" means the executive committee of the Grandhasala Sanghom referred to in article 24 of the article of association;

(d) "governing council" means the governing council of the Grandhasala Sangham constituted under article 24 of the article of association;

(e) "Grandhasala Sangham" means the Kerala Grandhasala Sanghom registered under the Travancore Companies Act, 1114 (IX of 1114);

(f) "notified order" means an order notified the Gazette;

(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules, made under this Act;

(h) "taluk union committee" means a taluk union committee referred to in clause (3) of article 38 of the articles of association;

(i) "undertaking" includes all assets, rights, leaseholds, powers, authorities and privileges and all property, movable and immovable, including lands, buildings, stores, equipments, automobiles and other vehicles, cash balances, reserve fund, investments and book debts and all other rights and interests, arising out of such property as were, immediately before the date of the notified order under subsection (1) of section 3, in the ownership, possession; power or control of the Grandhasala Sangham, and all books of account, registers and all other documents of whatever nature relating thereto.

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