(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the forgoing power, such rules may be made to provide for all or any of the following matters namely:-
(a) the powers, duties and functions to be performed by the Chairperson under sub-section (3) of section 3;
(b) the expenditure out the State Library Development Fund to be approved under clause (ii) of section 5;
(c) such other powers and functions which may be exercised and performed by the Council under clause (xvi) of section 5;
(d) the allowances payable to members of the Council and its committee and the rates at which they shall be payable under section 10;
(e) other powers, functions and duties to be exercised and performed by the Director under clause (1) of sub-section (2) of section 12;
(f) constitution and function of the Library Advisory Committee tobe constituted under Section 14;
(g) other purposes for which the sanctioned grant may be utilized under clause(e) of sub-section (2) of section 15;
(h) other purposes for which State Library Development Fund may be utilized under clause (C) of sub-section (3) of section 16;
(i) rules for recognition of public libraries under section 18;
(j) rules for recognition of public library associations under section 19;
(k) the information and particulars to be included in the annual report under section 22;
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(l) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed under this Act,
(3) All rules made under this Act shall be laid,as soon as may be after they are so made, before nthe House of the State Legislature, while it is in session, for a period of not less then fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions and if before the expire of the session in which they are so laid or the session immediately following, the House of the State Legislature makes any modification in any such rules or resolves that any such rules should not be made,such rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified from 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 thereunder.