(1) The Madras Public Libraries Act, 1948 (Madras Act XXIV of 1948) and the Hyderabad Public Libraries Act, 1955 (Hyderabad Act III of 1955) are hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal—
(a) the members of the State Library Committee or the State Library Council, as the case may be, and the Local Library Authorities constituted under the said Acts and holding office immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be respectively the members of the State Library Committee and the Local Library Authorities constituted under this Act, and shall exercise all powers and perform all duties conferred on such committee or Authorities in the respective areas in which they are functioning at such commencement until their present term expires or until a new committee or Authorities are constituted under this Act, whichever is later;
(b) all rules, bye-laws and regulations made under the said Acts and in force at the commencement of this Act, shall, so far as such rules, bye-laws and regulations are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue to be in force in the respective areas in which they are in force at such commencement, and such rules shall be deemed to be rules, and such bye-laws and regulations shall be deemed to be bye-laws, made under the provisions of this Act until they are superseded or modified by rules and byelaws made under this Act.
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