1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public
Library Act, 1969.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Declaration of Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library as an institution of national
importance.—It is hereby declared that the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library at Patna in the State of
Bihar is an institution of national importance.
3. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Board” means the Board established under section 4;
(b) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board;
(c) “deed of trust” means the deed of trust No. 217 executed in the office of the Deputy Registrar
of Patna by the late Maulvi Khuda Bakhsh Khan Bahadur of Muradpur on the 14th January, 1891;
(d) “Fund” means the Fund referred to in section 19;
(e) “library” means the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library declared to be an institution of
national importance under this Act;
(f) “member” means a member of the Board and includes the Chairman;
(g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(h) “State Government” means the Government of Bihar.