Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library Act, 1969
No: 43 Dated: Dec, 20 1969
THE KHUDA BAKHSH ORIENTAL PUBLIC LIBRARY ACT, 1969
ACT NO. 43 OF 1969
An Act to declare the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library at Patna to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its administration and certain other connected matters.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twentieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library Act, 1969.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Declaration of Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library as an institution of national importance.—It is hereby declared that the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library at Patna in the State of Bihar is an institution of national importance.
3. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Board” means the Board established under section 4;
(b) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board;
(c) “deed of trust” means the deed of trust No. 217 executed in the office of the Deputy Registrar of Patna by the late Maulvi Khuda Bakhsh Khan Bahadur of Muradpur on the 14th January, 1891;
(d) “Fund” means the Fund referred to in section 19;
(e) “library” means the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library declared to be an institution of national importance under this Act;
(f) “member” means a member of the Board and includes the Chairman;
(g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(h) “State Government” means the Government of Bihar.
CHAPTER II
THE KHUDA BAKHSH ORIENTAL PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
4. Establishment and incorporation of Board.—(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, there shall be established for the purposes of this Act, a Board to be known as the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library Board.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate with the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and contract, and may, by that name, sue and be sued.
5. Composition of Board.—(1) The Board shall consist of the following persons, namely:—
(a) the Governor of Bihar, ex officio, Chairman;
(b) the Accountant General, Bihar, ex officio;
(c) a person to be nominated by the Central Government, who shall be a member of the family of the late Maulvi Khuda Bakhsh Khan Bahadur of Muradpur;
(d) eight persons, four each to be nominated by the Central Government and the State Government, who shall, as far as possible, be persons having knowledge of, and experience in, matters relating to the administration of libraries;
(e) the Director, Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, ex officio Member-Secretary.
(2) Every nomination under this section shall take effect as soon as it is notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette.