(1) The Director shall keep regular accounts of receipts to, and disbursements from, the library Fund, under the direction of the Chairperson of the Library Authority, in such manner may be prescribed.
(2) The accounts of the Library Authority and the Library Fund shall be subject to audit under the Orissa Local Fund Audit Act, 1948.
(3) The Audit report shall be presented by the Director to the Chairperson and copy of the same shall be sent to the Government with a note of action taken on the report.
14. Every Person who is in charge of the management of a Public Library shall submit such reports and returns and furnish such information as the Director may from time to time require, to the Director or any other officer authorised by him in this behalf.
15. The Director or any other officer authorised by him or by Government in this behalf shall have power to inspect any Public Library or any institution attached thereto, for the purpose of satisfying him that the provisions of this Act and the rules or orders made there under are carried out.
Orissa public Library Fund.
Accounts and Audit.
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16. The Director ˜shall, within six months from the end of every year, prepare an annual report and the progress made by the Library Authority in providing library services in the State in that year and submit it to Government together with such information and particulars as may be prescribed which shall be laid on the Table of the Orissa Legislative Assembly.
17. On and after the commencement of this Act, the Government may, for the purpose of proper and effective management of Public Libraries in the State, by notification.
(a) transfer any Gandhi Pathagar to a suitable registered voluntary organization and make provision for grant-in-aid in respect thereof; and
(b) amalgamate two or more Public Libraries into a single Public Library, in accordance with the rules made under this Act.
18. No Act or proceedings of the Council, Library Authority or a District Library Committee shall be invalid on the ground only of the existence of any vacancy amongst its members, or any defect in the constitution thereof.