(1) The Government may, by notification, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Validation of acts.
Reports and returns.
Inspection of public libraries.
Penalty.
Power to make rules.
345 The West Bengal Public Libraries Act, 1979.
[West Ben. Act XXXIX of 1979.]
(Chapter V.—Miscellaneous.—Section 24.)
Amendment to the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the matters which may be or are required to be prescribed or made by rules.
(3) All rules made under this section shall, as soon as may be, after they are made, be laid before the House of the State Legislature for 14 days and shall be subject to such modification as the State Legislature may make during the session in which they are so laid.
24. The Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867, shall, in its 25 of 1867.
application to the State of West Bengal, be amended as follows:—
(1) for clause (a) of the first paragraph of section 9, the following clause shall be substituted:— "(a) in any case, within one calendar month after the day on which any book shall first be delivered out of the press, three such copies and";
(2) in section 11, for the first paragraph, the following paragraph shall be substituted:— "Out of the three copies delivered pursuant to clause (a).
of the first paragraph of section 9 of this Act, one copy shall be sent to the Central Library, and the remaining copies shall be disposed of in such manner as the Government may from time to time determine.".
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