{ "id": 15930, "slug": "the-khuda-baksh-oriental-public-library-act-1969", "title": "The Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library Act, 1969", "short_title": "The Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library Act, 1969", "act_number": "(Act 43 of 1969)", "act_year": 1969, "act_type": "STATE", "location": "Bihar", "law_status": "unknown", "enactment_date": null, "description": "The Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library Act, 1969", "preamble": "", "section_label": "Section", "sections": [ { "number": "1", "title": "1. Short title and commencement.", "chapter": null, "content": "Object & Reasons 6\nStatement of Objects and Reasons\n(i) that the Library or any of its possessions should not be removed outside the limits of the Patna Municipal Corporation:\n(ii) that the State Government is given an adequate representation in the Managing Body of the Library; and (iii) that the State Government's share of expenditure should not exceed Rs. 50,000 per annum.\n(1) the establishment of a Board consisting of 12 persons for the administration of the Library and the vesting in the Board of the property of the Library;.\n(2) transfer of the existing staff to the Board;\n(3) the issue of directions by Government to the Board in the discharge of its functions, the submission by the Board of annual budget estimates and reports to Government, the deposit of funds in the Reserve Bank etc., and the annual audit of the accounts of the Board by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.\". - Gazette of India, 21.2.1968, Part II, Section 2, Extra, page 84.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 0 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. Declaration of Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library as an institution of national importance.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 1 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. Definitions.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) \"Board\" means the Board established under Section 4;\n(b) \"Chairman\" means the Chairman of the Board;\n(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 Baksh Khan Bahadur of Muradpur on the 14th January, 1891;\n(d) \"Fund\" means the Fund referred to in Section 19;\n(e) \"Library\" means the Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library declared to be an institution of national importance under this Act;\n(f) \"Member\" means a member of the Board and includes the Chairman;\n(g) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed by Rules made under this Act;\n(h) \"State Government\" means the Government of Bihar.\nChapter II\nThe Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library Board", "footnote": "", "is_definition": true, "sort_order": 2 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. Establishment and incorporation of Board.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 3 }, { "number": "5", "title": "5. Composition of Board.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) the Governor of Bihar, ex officio , Chairman;\n(b) the Accountant-General, Bihar, ex officio ;\n(c) a person to be nominated by the Central Government, who shall be a member of the family of the late Maulvi Khuda Baksh Khan Bahadur of Muradpur;\n(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, an experience in, matters relating to the administration of libraries;\n(e) the Director, Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library, ex officio Member-Secretary.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 4 }, { "number": "6", "title": "6. Term of office and fresh nomination in certain cases.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 5 }, { "number": "7", "title": "7. Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate acts.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) any vacancy in, or defect in the constitution of, the Board, or\n(b) any defect in the nomination of a person acting as a member thereof, or\n(c) any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 6 }, { "number": "8", "title": "8. Duty of Government nominating persons, etc.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 7 }, { "number": "9", "title": "9. Meetings of Board.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 8 }, { "number": "10", "title": "10. Temporary association of persons with Board for particular purposes.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 9 }, { "number": "11", "title": "11. Authentication of orders and other instruments of Board.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 10 }, { "number": "12", "title": "12. Staff of Board.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 11 }, { "number": "13", "title": "13. Transfer of service of existing employees to Board.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 12 }, { "number": "14", "title": "14. Location of Library.", "chapter": null, "content": "Chapter III\nProperty, Liabilities and Functions of the Board", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 13 }, { "number": "15", "title": "15. Property and liabilities of Board.", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) all properties, funds and dues which are vested in, or realisable by, the trustees of library constituted by the deed of trust, in their capacity as such, shall vest in, and realisable by, the Board; and\n(ii) all liabilities in relation to the library which are enforceable against the said trust shall be enforceable only against the Board.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 14 }, { "number": "16", "title": "16. Duties of Board.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) for providing for instruction and research in matters relating to libraries and for advancement of learning and dissemination of knowledge in such matters; and\n(b) to do all such other things as may be necessary for the discharge of its functions under this Act.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 15 }, { "number": "17", "title": "17. Powers of Board.", "chapter": null, "content": "Chapter IV\nFinance, Accounts, Audit and Reports", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 16 }, { "number": "18", "title": "18. Grants by Central Government to Board.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 17 }, { "number": "19", "title": "19. Fund of Board.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) all moneys paid by the Central Government;\n(b) such sums of money as the State Government may pay annually having regard to its Resolution No. V/L 4055/60E 120, dated the 26th September, 1962;\n(c) all fees and other charges levied under this Act;\n(d) all moneys' received by the Board by way of grant, gift, donation, benefaction, bequest, subscription, contribution or transfer;\n(e) all other moneys received by the Board in any other manner or from any other source.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 18 }, { "number": "20", "title": "20. Budget.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 19 }, { "number": "21", "title": "21. Accounts and audit.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 20 }, { "number": "22", "title": "22. Returns and Reports.", "chapter": null, "content": "Chapter V\nMiscellaneous", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 21 }, { "number": "23", "title": "23. Power of Central Government to issue directions to Board.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 22 }, { "number": "24", "title": "24. Delegation of powers and duties.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 23 }, { "number": "25", "title": "25. Officers and employees of Board to be public servants.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 24 }, { "number": "26", "title": "26. Protection of action taken under the Act.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 25 }, { "number": "27", "title": "27. Power of Central Government to make Rules.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) the term of office of, and the manner of filling casual vacancies among, the members nominated under clauses (c) and (d) of subsection (1) of Section 5;\n(b) the travelling and other allowances payable to a member other than the Chairman and to a person associated with the Board and under Section 10;\n(c) the disqualifications for membership of the Board and the procedure to be followed in removing a member who is or becomes subject to any disqualification;\n(d) the conditions subject to which, and the mode in which, contracts may be entered into by or on behalf of the Board;\n(e) any other matter which has to be or may be prescribed.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 26 }, { "number": "28", "title": "28. Power of Board to make Regulations.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) the conditions and restrictions subject to which manuscripts and books in the library may be used;\n(b) the manner in which, and the purposes for which, persons may be associated with the Board;\n(c) the time and place of meetings of the Board, the procedure to be followed in regard to the transaction of business at such meetings and the quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a meeting;\n(d) the maintenance of minutes of meetings of the Board and the transmission of copies thereof to the Central Government;\n(e) the recruitment and conditions of service of officers and other employees of the Board;\n(f) the persons by whom and the manner in which, payments, deposits and investments may be made on behalf of the Board;\n(g) the maximum amount that may be kept in the current account;\n(h) the maintenance of registers and accounts;\n(i) the compilation of catalogues and inventories of the manuscripts, books and other articles and things in the library;\n(j) the steps to be taken for the preservation of the manuscripts, books and other articles and things in the library;\n(k) the general management of the library;\n(l) the fees and other charges to be levied for the use of manuscripts and books in the library;\n(m) any other matter in respect of which provision is, in the opinion of the Board, necessary for the performance of its functions under this Act.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 27 } ], "metadata": { "Act ID": "bh390", "Act Number": "(Act 43 of 1969)", "Enactment Date": "", "Act Year": "1969", "Short Title": "The Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library Act, 1969", "Type": "STATE", "Location": "Bihar" }, "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19" }