(1) This Act may be called in Orissa Public Libraries Act, 2001.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Orissa.
(3) It shall come into force on such date at the State Government may, by notification, appoint.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires
(a) "aided library" means a library which is open to public and declared by the Director to be eligible for grant-in-aid from the Library Fund in the accordance with the rules made under this Act, and includes a library which is receiving grant-in aid from Government; "book" includes
(b) every volume, part of division of a volume, and pamphlet, in any language;
(ii) every sheet of music, map, chart or plan separately printed or lithographed; and
(iii) newspapers, periodicals, paintings, film slides paper * Published vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 368 dt. 11.3.2002 The Odisha Gazette EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 368 Date : 11th March, 2002 Short title and commencement Definition 2 manuscripts, plan leaf manuscripts, micro-films and discs or tape used for audio-visual information or electronic information for the purpose of providing services to the public;
(c) "City Library" means a public library established or declared as a City Library under Sub-section (2) of Section 10;
(d) "Council" means the Orissa Public Library Council constituted under Section 3;
(e) "Director" means the Director of Public Library referred to in Section 7;
(f) "Director, Culture" means Director of Culture Government of Orissa;
(g) "District Library" means a public Library established as a District Library under Sub-section (1) of Section 10;
(h) "District Library Committee" means as the District Library Committee constituted under Section 11;
(i) "Gandhi Pathagar" means a library established by Government at Block level;
(j) "Government" means the State Government
(k) "Library Fund" means the Orissa Public Library Fund maintained under Section 4;
(l) "Library Fund" means the Orissa Public Library Fund maintained under Section 12;
(m) "Library services" means the services provided by a Public Library in relation to lending of books and references, abstracts, bibliographies and indexes of books and access to information recorded by electronic media;
(n) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(o) "Public Library" means
(a) a library which is open to public and established or maintained by the Government;
(b) an aided library such as libraries functioning under or other departments of Governments open to the public and includes a Gandhi Pathagar with is branches and delivery stations, if any, and, any other library which may be declared by Government from time to time, as a Public Library.
(p) "Public Library System" means an organic interlinking of all Public Libraries in the State into a network to facilitate library services in a systematic and organized manner;
(q) "Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation" means the / Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation established by the Government of India for expansion of public library services in the country;
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(r) "State Library" means the library established by Government at the State Capital which has been named as Hare Krushna Mahatab State Library;
(s) "Year" means the financial year.