Act Number: 43

Act Name: The Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library Act, 1969

Year: 1969

Enactment Date: 1969-12-26

Long Title: An Act to declare the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library at Patna to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its administration and certain other connected matters.

Ministry: Ministry of Culture

Department:

Section 3: Definitions.
    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
         (a) "Board" means the Board established under section 4;
         (b) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board;
         (c) "deed of trust" means the deed of trust No. 217 executed in the office of the Deputy Registrar of Patna by the late Maulvi Khuda Bakhsh Khan Bahadur of Muradpur on the 14th January, 1891;
         (d) "Fund" means the Fund referred to in section 19;
         (e) "library" means the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library declared to be an institution of national importance under this Act;
         (f) "member" means a member of the Board and includes the Chairman;
         (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
         (h) "State Government" means the Government of Bihar.
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