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Karnataka Public Libraries Act, 1965 Section 15

Title: State Library Service

State: Karnataka

Year: 1965

Section 15 - State Library Service (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, all posts in the Department of Pubic Libraries, the State Central Library and every Local Library Authority shall be filled by appointment of persons belonging to the1[Karnataka State Library Service]. (2) The1[Karnataka State Library Service] shall consist of the2[Director of Public Libraries], Chief Librarians of Cities and Districts, Librarians and such other classes and categories of posts as the State Government may from time to time determine. All members of the said service shall be Government servants, and their recruitment and conditions of service shall, subject to the provisions of Article 309 of the Constitution, be regulated by such rules as may be prescribed. (3) The salary, allowances, gratuity, pension and other benefits of the members of the1[Karnataka State Library Service] shall be met from the Consolidated Fund of the State. __________________________ 1. Adapted by the karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973 2. Substituted by Act 30 of 1984 w.e.f. 22.5.1984

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Karnataka Public Libraries Act, 1965 Chapter IV

Title: Local Library Authorities

State: Karnataka

Year: 1965

.....of the purposes of this Act; (h) exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed by or under this Act. Section 27 - Library Development Plan (1) Subject to the general or special orders of the State Government , as soon as possible after a Local Library Authority is constituted and thereafter as often as may be required by the1[Director of Public Libraries] every Local Library Authority shall, and whenever it considers it necessary so to do, a Local Library Authority may, prepare a plan (hereinafter referred to as the 'Local Library Development Plan') for establishing libraries and spreading library service within the jurisdiction of such Authority in such form and manner and containing such particulars as may be prescribed. (2) The salient features of every Local Library Development Plan prepared under sub-section (1) shall be published in such manner as may be prescribed along with a notice inviting objections and suggestions from all persons interested in the Plan within such period as may be specified in the notice. Any objection or suggestion which may be received from any person with respect to the Local Library.....

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Karnataka Public Libraries Act, 1965 Chapter III

Title: Department of Public Libraries

State: Karnataka

Year: 1965

.....and library man-power of the State; (g) perform such other functions as may be entrusted to the Department by or under the provisions of this Act. Section 14 - Director of Public Libraries 1 [Director of PublicLibraries] (1) A whole-time officer having the prescribed qualifications to practise the library profession shall be appointed by the State Government as the1 [Director of Public Libraries]. (2) The 1 [Director of Public Libraries] shall,- (a) function as the Librarian of the State Central Library; (b) superintendent, direct, and deal with all matters relating to the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 (Central Act 25 of 1867) and to the maintenance and service of the books sent under the said Act; (c) control the appointments, postings, and transfers of officers and servants in the State Library Service; (d) generally assist the State Library Authority in performing its functions; (e) exercise such other powers and performs such other duties as may be conferred or imposed on him by or under this Act. _________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 30 of 1984 w.e.f. 22.5.1984 Section 14 - Director of Public Libraries 1 [Director of.....

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Karnataka Public Libraries Act, 1965 Chapter VI

Title: State Central Library

State: Karnataka

Year: 1965

.....other sections as may be prescribed. _________________________ 1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973 Section 37 - Sections of State Central Library (1) (a) One copy of each book received under the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 (Central Act 25 of 1867) shall be kept in the State Central Library as a Bureau of Copyright. (b) Copies of books in the Bureau of Copyright shall not be issued by way of loan of any kind but may be made available for reference in the library premises. (2) (a) The production and storage of books, sound records of books and kindred materials for the blind and the issue of such books and materials for the use of the blind shall be dealt with in the section relating to the State Library for the Blind. (b) The State Central Library may collaborate with other Libraries for the Blind in India and undertake such work as may be necessary for purposes of such collaboration. (3) (a) The State Bureau of inter-library loan shall implement such schemes of inter-library loans among the public libraries, academic libraries, State-owned libraries, aided libraries and the outlier libraries in the State as.....

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Karnataka Public Libraries Act, 1965 Section 27

Title: Library Development Plan

State: Karnataka

Year: 1965

.....service stations, which shall be established and maintained by the Local Library Authority, the measures to be taken by the Local Library Authority for providing adequate library service to the people in the area and the stages in which such measures shall be taken. (b) A Local Library Order made under clause (a) may be amended in consultation with the Local Library Authority, whenever the1[Director of Public Libraries] considers it expedient to do so. (6) Every Local Library Authority shall give effect to the Local Library Development Plan as sanctioned by the State Government and the Local Library Order made under sub-section (5) . ________________________ 1. Subsituted by Act 30 of 1984 w.e.f. 22.5.1984

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Karnataka Public Libraries Act, 1965 Section 29

Title: Advisory Library Committees

State: Karnataka

Year: 1965

.....station in a village served by travelling library service, Advisory Committees shall be constituted in accordance with the provisions of this section. (2) Every Branch Library Committee shall consist of,- (a) the Branch Librarian who shall ex-officio be the Chairman and convener of the Committee; (b) one person representing the area which the Branch Library serves, on the municipal council or other municipal body or the panchayat having jurisdiction over that area, elected by the body concerned; (c) three teachers of educational institutions in the area in which the branch library is located, nominated by the Chief Librarian of the City or the Chief Librarian of the district, as the case may be; (d) three persons from among the registered borrowers of the branch library nominated by the Chief Librarian of the City or the Chief Librarian of the district, as the case may be. (3) Every Village Service Library Committee shall consist of,- (a) the Travelling Librarian visiting the service station in the village who shall ex-officio be the Chairman and convener of the Committee; (b) two teachers of educational institutions in the area served by the service.....

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Karnataka Public Libraries Act, 1965 Section 50

Title: Transfer of Certain Libraries

State: Karnataka

Year: 1965

.....As from the appointed day, the Committee of Management of the Public Library, Mysore, a society registered under the Mysore Societies Registration Act, 1904, now deemed to be registered under the1[Karnataka] Societies Registration Act, 1960, shall stand dissolved and all property, movable and immovable, and all rights, powers and privileges of the said society which immediately before the appointed day belonged to or vested in the said society shall vest in the Mysore City Library Authority and shall be applied for purposes specified in this Act and such other purposes as may be prescribed. (c) As from the appointed day, all debts and liabilities of the said society shall stand transferred to and vest in the Mysore City Library Authority. (d) Every employee of the said society shall, as from the appointed day, become an employee of the State Government and shall hold his office under the State Government as a member of the1[Karnataka State Library Service] on the same tenure, at the same remuneration and upon the same terms and conditions and with the same rights and privileges as to provident fund, gratuity and other matters, as he would have held the same as an employee.....

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Karnataka Public Libraries Act, 1965 Complete Act

Title: Karnataka Public Libraries Act, 1965

State: Karnataka

Year: 1965

.....35 - Vesting of Bangalore Public Library in the State Library Authority Section 36 - Karnataka State Central Library Section 37 - Sections of State Central Library Chapter VII Section 38 - Reports and returns Section 39 - Inspection of libraries Section 40 - Annual Report Chapter VIII Section 41 - Power to make rules Section 42 - Power of State Library Authority and Local Library Authorities to make bye-laws Section 43 - Offences and penalties Section 44 - Control of Local Library Authorities by Government Section 45 - Liability of members for loss, waste or misapplication Section 46 - Members and employees of Library Authorities to be public servants Section 47 - Savings of validity of acts and proceedings Section 48 - Provisions relating to suits, etc. Section 49 - Power to remove difficulties Section 50 - Transfer of certain libraries Section 51 - Amendment of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 in its application to the State of Karnataka Section 52 - Repeal and savings

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Karnataka Public Libraries Act, 1965 Section 14

Title: Director of Public Libraries

State: Karnataka

Year: 1965

Section 14 - Director of Public Libraries 1 [Director of PublicLibraries] (1) A whole-time officer having the prescribed qualifications to practise the library profession shall be appointed by the State Government as the1 [Director of Public Libraries]. (2) The 1 [Director of Public Libraries] shall,- (a) function as the Librarian of the State Central Library; (b) superintendent, direct, and deal with all matters relating to the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 (Central Act 25 of 1867) and to the maintenance and service of the books sent under the said Act; (c) control the appointments, postings, and transfers of officers and servants in the State Library Service; (d) generally assist the State Library Authority in performing its functions; (e) exercise such other powers and performs such other duties as may be conferred or imposed on him by or under this Act. _________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 30 of 1984 w.e.f. 22.5.1984

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Karnataka Public Libraries Act, 1965 Preamble 1

Title: Karnataka Public Libraries Act, 1965

State: Karnataka

Year: 1965

Preamble 1 - KARNATAKA PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT, 1965 THE1[KARNATAKA PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT, 1965 [Act, No. 10 of 1965] [22th April, 1965] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of public libraries and the organisation of a comprehensive rural and urban library service in the2[State of Karnataka] WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establishment and maintenance of public libraries and the organisation of a comprehensive rural and urban library service in the2[State of Karnataka] and for matters connected therewith; BE it enacted by the2[Karnataka State] Legislature in the Sixteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- _________________________ 1. First Published in the Karnataka Gazette on the Thirteenth day of May, 1965. 2.Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973

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