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(1) On and from such date as the Government may fix for each district after the constitution of the District Library Council for that district all properties movable and immovable and all assets and liabilities in existence of all Local Library Authorities constituted under the Madras Public Libraries Act, 1948 (Madras Act XXIV of 1948) in the Malabar District referred to in sub-section (2) of section 5 of the States Re-organisation Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956) and all the public libraries in that district established or maintained by a Local Library Authority under the Madras Public Libraries Act, 1948 (Madras Act XXIV of 1948) along with their services, delivery centres and other matters and things connected therewith shall stand transferred to, and vested in, the District Library Council of that district. (2) All properties movable or immovable and all assets and liabilities of such Local Library Authority and public libraries in existence immediately before the date fixed under sub-section (1) for the purposes of the libraries shall vest in, and be deemed to be the properties, assets and liabilities of the District Library Council of that district. (3) All persons employed for the purposes of the libraries referred to in sub-section (1) and in service immediately before the date fixed under that sub-section shall, as from that date, stand transferred to the control and supervision of the District Library Council concerned and be in the service of that District Library Council. (4) The persons referred to in sub-section (3) shall be subject to the conditions of service which were applicable to them immediately before the date of the transfer by that sub-section until they are altered in accordance with law. Explanation.-- For the purposes of this section "Public Library" includes a library established or maintained by a Local Library Authority under the Madras Public Libraries Act, 1948 (Madras Act XXIV of 1948) and includes the branches and delivery stations of such a library.