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(1) (a) Every Zilla Grandhalaya Samstha shall levy in its area a library cess in the form of a surcharge on the property tax or house tax levied in such area under the relevant laws providing for the levy of such property tax or house tax, at the rate of four naye paise for every rupee in the property tax or house tax so levied. (b) A Zilla Grandhalaya Samstha may, with the previous sanction of the Government and shall if so directed by them, increase the rate specified in clause (a) so as not to exceed eight naye paise for every rupee. (2) The cess levied under sub-section (1) shall be collected,— 51[(a) in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secundered, by the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad;]