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

West Ben. Act XXXIX of 1979. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative West Bengal Act XIII of 1993 THE WEST BENGAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1993. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 27th August, 1993.] [27th August, 1993.] 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 purpose and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Forty-fourth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:-- 1. (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Public Libraries (Amendment) Act, 1993. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. In Chapter III of the West Bengal Public Libraries Act, 1979, after section 16A, the following section shall be inserted and shall he deemed always to have been inserted:— "Dissolution of Local Library Authority for former district or any committee appointed by it upon creation of more than one district by dividing former district. 16B. (1) If and when the Government creates more than one district by dividing any existing district (hereinafter referred to as the former distfict) under any law for the time being in force, the Government shall dissolve the Local Library Authority for the former district with effect from such date as the Government may by notification appoint. (2) Upon the dissolution of the Local Library Authority for the former district under sub-section ( I),— (a) the members of the said Local Library Authority shall be deemed to have vacated their respective offices, and (h) any committee appointed by the said Local Library Authority under section 14 shall stand dissolved, and the memb