(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, and subject to the condition of previous publication, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :-
(i) under sub-section (2) of section 5 and sub-section (2) of section 14, the compensatory allowances payable to members of the Council and of the Committees and the rates at which such allowances shall be payable;
(ii) under sub-section (4) of section 7 and section 17, the manner in which and the procedure in accordance with which the Council and a Committee shall transact their business;
(iii) under sub-section (2) of section 8, the qualifications required for being appointed as the Director;
(iv) under clause (d) of sub-section (2) of section 9, rules in accordance with which the Director shall recognize public libraries and State, Divisional and other public library associations for the purposes of grant-in-aid from the Library Fund;
(v) under clause (j) of section (2) of section 9, the other powers and duties which the Director may exercise or perform;
(vi) under sub-section (2) of section 10, the requirement and conditions of service of members of the Maharashtra State Library Service;
(vii) under section 12, the functions of public libraries;
(viii) under section 13, the qualifications of a librarian to be nominated on a Committee;
(ix) under section 25, the information and particulars to be submitted to the State Government.
(3) Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before each House of the State Legislature while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session, in which, it is so laid or the session immediately following, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, and notify such decision in the Official Gazette, the rule shall, from the date of publication of such notification, have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done or omitted to be done under that rule.
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