Rajasthan Public Libraries Act, 2006
No: 11 Dated: Apr, 24 2006
THE RAJASTHAN PUBLlC LIBRARIES ACT, 2006
(Act No. 11 of 2006)
An Act to providefbr the promotion and development ofpublic libraries in the State andfor that purpose to constitute State Library Council andfor the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto
Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic of lndia, as follows :-.
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent and commencement. — (1) This Act :may be called the Rajasthan Public Libraries Act, 2006
(2) It extends to the whole ofthe State of Rajasthan.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State 30Vemment may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) ”book" includes —
(i) every volume, part or division of a volume and pamphlet in any language ;
(ii) manuscript in any form;
(iii) every sheet of music, map, graph, chart or plan separately printed or lithographed;
(iv) newspapers, periodicals, paintings, ‘posters, photographs, photographic reproduction, gramophonic records, audio—video tapes, floppy, compact discs, slides, microfilms and film scripts for audio visual information and such other materials;
(v) computer output in any form and computer programmes;
(b) "book deposit center" means a center where books are deposited and members of the public can borrow; '
(c) "book service center" means a center where members of the library can borrow books through a mobile library;
(d) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson ofthe Council;
(e) "Council" means the Rajasthan State Library Council constituted under section 3;
(f) "Director" means the Director of Public Libraries;
(g) "District" means a revenue district constituted ' under the provisions of the ’Rajasthan Land y‘ Revenue Act, 1956 (Act No. 15‘ of 1956);
(h) "Division" means a revenue division constituted under the provisions of the- Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956 (Act No. 15 of 1956);
(i) "extension service" means and includes the activities pertaining to preservation and promotion of cultural heritage and encouraging the intellectual, literary and scientific character of the community;
(j) "library" means and includes collection of books. book deposit center or book service center providing library service or extension service:
(k) ”library service" means and includes providing reading .facilities, lending out books to the member's of the library and assisting the readers to procure books and relevant information;
(1) "local authority" means a municipality constituted under the provisions of the Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 1959 (Act No. 38 of 1959) or a Panchayati Raj Institution constituted under the provisions of the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 (Act No. 13 of 1994):