Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, a Local Library Authority may make regulations generally to carry out the purposes of this Act and, without prejudice to the generality of this power, such regulations may provide for- (a) the admission of the public to public libraries in its area on such conditions and on payment of such fees as it may specify; (b) requiring from persons desiring to use such libraries any guarantee or security against injury to, or misuse, destruction, or loss; and (c) the manner in which the property of such libraries may be used and the protection of such property from injury, misuse, destruction, or loss; and (d) authorizing its officers and servants to exclude or remove from any such library any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of this Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder. (2) The Government may, in their discretion, modify or cancel any regulation made by a local Library Authority under section (1); Provided that before modifying or cancelling any regulation, the Government shall give the Local Library Authority concerned a reasonable opportunity to make its representations in the matter.