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(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and rules made thereunder and any general or special orders of the Government, if any, in this behalf, a District library Council may [in consultation with the District Planning Committee] prepare a District Library Development Plan for establishing, Co-ordinating and Spreading library Service within the entire district or part thereof, in such form and manner and containing such particulars as may be prescribed. (2) The District Library Development Plan shall thereafter be forwarded to the President of the State Library Council who shall submit it to the Government with the views of the State Library Council. (3) The Government may, if they deem fit, sanction the District Library Development Plan with or without alterations. (4) The Government may, on application by the District Library Council, modify any District Library Development Plan sanctioned under sub-section (3). (5) As soon as may be after the sanctioning of a District Library Development Plan, the President of the State Library Council shall, in conformity with the provisions of the said plan, make an order called the District Library Development Order, specifying the extent and nature of the Library service which shall be established and maintained by the District Library Council, the measure to be taken by the District Library Council for providing adequate library service to the people in the area and the stages in which such measures shall be taken. (6) Every District Library Council shall give effect to the District Library Development Plan as sanctioned by the Government under sub-section (3) and the District Library Development Order made under sub-section (5). Inserted by Act 16/2000.