West Ben. Act XXXIX of 1979. — The West Bengal Public Libraries Act, 1979

West Ben. Act XXXIX of 1979. West Ben. Act LIX of 1980. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT West Bengal Act XXIV of 1985 THE WEST BENGAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1985. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 9th October, 1985.] [9th October, 1985.] An Act to amend the West Bengal Public Libraries Act, 1979. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Public Libraries Act, 1979, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Thirty-sixth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- 1. This Act may be called the West Bengal Public Libraries (Amendment) Act, 1985. 2. In the long title of the West Bengal Public Libraries Act, 1979 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for the words "control, supervise and to grant recognition to the existing libraries in the State", the words "control and supervise the libraries" shall be substituted. 3. In the preamble to the principal Act, for the words "control, supervise and to grant recognition to the existing libraries in the State", the word "control and supervise the libraries" shall be substituted. In section 2 of the principal Act,— (a) clauses (a) and (b) shall be omitted; (b) for clause (bb), the following clause shall be substituted:— `(bb) "Corporation" means the Calcutta Municipal Corporation established under the Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980;'; Short tiu Amendment of long title of West Ben. Act XXXIX of 1979. Amendment of preamble. Amendment of section 2. Amendment of section 3. Amendment of section 4. (Sections 5, 6.) (c) for clause (d), the following clause shall be substituted:— `(d) "District" means a district