The Manipur Public Library (Taking Over of Management) Act, 2015

Preamble

MANIPUR GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 374(a) Imphal, Friday, September 18, 2015 (Bhadra 27, 1937) GOVERNMENT OF MANIPUR SECRETARIAT: LAW & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION Imphal, the 18th September, 2015 No. 2/31/2015-Leg/L : The following Act of the Legislature, Manipur which received assent of the Governor of Manipur on September 17, 2015 is hereby published in the Official Gazette: THE MANIPUR PUBLIC LIBRARY (TAKING OVER OF MANAGEMENT) ACT, 2015 (MANIPUR ACT NO. 13 OF 2015) AN ACT to provide for the taking over of the management of the Manipur Public Library in the public interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Whereas, a movement for construction of a public library in Imphal was initiated in the year 1948 by a Committee led by late Shri N. Gopal Singh as its founder Secretary by raising subscription/ donation from the general public of Manipur; Whereas on request by the Committee, the Manipur State Council earmarked land for the said Library vide Council Resolution No. 27 dated 4" February, 1948. Late Premsukh Patni, on behalf of his firm M/S Ganeshlal Premsukh donated Rs. 25,000/- for the construction of a public library and the erstwhile Manipur State Council vide Council's Resolution No 17 dated 15ª June, 1949 wished that the Committee led by Shri N. Gopal Singh will construct the library building and equip the same with books which will be keeping with the benefactors wishes; Whereas, the Manipur Public Library Committee completed the construction of the building with the money provided by Shri Premsukh Patni and other donors and the library was opened to the public from 215 June, 1950 and the same was managed by the Manipur Public Library Committee; Whereas the management of the Manipur Public Library Society was taken over in 1963 by the Manipur Library Society which was registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. Whereas the Manipur Public Library Society fails to convene meetings of the Society in time despite instructions issued by the Registrar of Societies, and with the passage of time after a fire gutted the library through mismanagement of the property by letting out some portions of the plot to individual persons for business which is quite contrary to the object for which the Manipur Public Library was established and land provided for the same and the library had become defunct and that the Manipur Public Library Society had also become defunct and non functional causing serious loss to the general public; and Whereas the State Government in its desire to save the library from total loss decided to take over the management of the Manipur Public Library and properties thereof and it is felt that any delay in taking over the management of the Library would be highly detrimental to the interest of the general public. BE it enacted by the Legislature of Manipur in the Sixty-sixth year of the Republic of India as follows: Short title and Commencement

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