*DEPOSIT OF LIBRARY MATERIAL ACT 1986

printed library material including books, serials, maps, charts and posters;

non-printed library material including cinematograph films, microforms, phonorecords, video and audio recordings and other electronic media;

“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for libraries;

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under the provisions of this Act;

“printed” means any representation of characters on any material by any method of mechanical impression;

“published” means material which has been produced and made available to the public to whom it may be sold or distributed free of charge and for the purpose of section 4, “published” shall include—

publication of any second or subsequent edition of a library material if that edition contains additions or alterations to the original content of such material; and

subsequent publication of such material in any other form or format.

National Depository

to provide for the conservation and use of library material published in Malaysia;

to create standard bibliographic record of library material published in Malaysia; and

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to maintain statistical records of library material published in Malaysia.

The Director General shall be the chief executive of the

National Depository.

Delivery of copies of library material published in Malaysia

The publisher of every non-printed library material shall also deliver to the Director General such number of copies as are prescribed in Schedule 1, the best copies of the library material as are prescribed in Schedule 2, if written request is made for such library material within one year of their publication, provided that the Director General shall pay for the cost of the library material so delivered, if payment is demanded by the publisher.

A publisher who fails to deliver any library material which he is required to deliver under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit.

On conviction made under subsection (3), the court shall also make an order that the publisher delivers the library material which he has failed to deliver, if it is still available in its original form or a reproduction of the library material if it is no longer available in its original form.

Without prejudice to the provision of subsection (4), a publisher who fails to deliver any library material which he is required to deliver under this section, shall pay to the Director

General, upon demand, the cost incurred by the Director General

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in the reproduction of the library material.

Any cost required to be paid to the Director General under this section shall be a debt due to the Government and shall be recoverable by any of the ways and means in force for the time being for the recovery of debts due to the Government.

Conservation, registration of library material, national bibliography and statistical record

to provide for the conservation and use of the library material;

to maintain a register containing such particulars of the library material;

to publish a national bibliography at stated frequency containing particulars of such library material as the

Director General deems fit;

to maintain statistical records of library material; and

to perform such other functions that are necessary to give effect to the objective of section 3.

Disposal of library material

make regulations for carrying out the objectives of the

Act;

prescribe anything required to be prescribed under the

Act; and

amend, delete from or add to the Schedules to this Act by order published in the Gazette.

Repeal