State Act

THE KARNATAKA PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT, 1965

18. Composition of District Library Authorities.- (1) Every District Library Authority shall consist of,- (a) the Deputy Commissioner of the district who shall ex-officio be the Chairman of the Authority; 1[(b) the Deputy Director of Public Instructions incharge of the district;]1 (c) two persons elected from among its members by the District Development Council; (d) one person elected from among its members by each municipal council or other municipal body in the district with jurisdiction over a municipal area other than an area for which a City Library Authority is established having a population of not less than fifty thousand; (e) two persons nominated by the State Government from among the members of municipal councils or other municipal bodies in the district with jurisdiction over a municipal area having a population of less than fifty thousand; (f) one person nominated by the council of the District Branch, if any, of the 1[Karnataka Library Association]1; (g) one person nominated by the State Government from among the members of the Taluk Development Boards in the district; (h) two persons nominated by the State Government from among the members of the village panchayats and town panchayats in the district; (i) two persons nominated by the State Government from among the members of the governing bodies of aided libraries in the district; (j) a Principal of a First Grade College in the district nominated ex-officio by the State Government ; (k) a Headmaster of a High School in the district nominated ex-officio by the State Government ; (l) an officer of the Department of Public Instruction having jurisdiction over the district or a part thereof nominated ex-officio by the State Government; (m) three persons nominated by the State Government from among persons ordinarily resident in the district; (2) The Vice-Chairman of the District Library Authority shall be elected by the members from among themselves. (3) The Chief Librarian of the district shall ex-officio be the Secretary of the District Library Authority and of the Committees of the said Authority;