GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL — The West Bengal Public Libraries Act, 1979

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT 3 Legislative West Bengal Act VII of 1998 THE WEST BENGAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1998. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature. [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the Sth August, 1998.] [Sth August, 1998.] An Act to amend the West Bengal Public Libraries Act, 1979. West Ben Act XXXIX of 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 Forty-ninth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows: 13 (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Public Libraries Short title and (Amendment) Act; 1998. commence - ment. (2) Itshall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint section 2 of the West Bengal Public Libraries Act, 1979 Amendment 2. In of section 2 (hereinafter referred to aS the principal Act), of West Ben. Act XXXIX 1) after clause (bb), the following clause shall be inserted: of 1979. (bbb) Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council" means the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council constituted under the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Act; 1988;' (2) after clause (j), the following clause shall be inserted: '(j1) "Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad' means the Mahakuma Parishad forthe sub-division of Siliguri in the district of Darjeeling constituted under section 185B of the West Bengal Panchayat Act; 1973;' West Ben_ Act XIII of 1988 West Ben. Act XLI of 1973. 131 The West Bengal Public Libraries (Amendment) Act, 1998. [West Ben. Act 4 .- . (Section 3.) Amendment of section 8. 3. In section 8 of the principal Act; (1) in sub-section (1), after the words "for each district" , the words