Holder of ticket may
booka.
Application
(3) The Urban Council may direct that a library or any pan thereof be closed for any specified period.
PART III.
LENDING LIBRARIES,
5. Subject to the provisions of these by-laws, a person who is the holder of a valid ticket may borrow from a lending library books for reading and use outside the library.
6. A person desiring to become a borrower shall complete an to become a application form supplied by the librarian for that purpose.
borrower.
Borrowers' tickets.
(O.N.A. 40/60).
Cases where
A#m posust
be required
ta deposit a sum of
DHONEY OC to bave quarantor.
Applicant
under twenty-
7. (1) On application in accordance with by-law 6, the applicant may, subject to the provisions of these by-laws, be issued with such number of borrowers' tickets permitting him to borrow books from a Ebrary as may be determined by the Urban Council from time to time.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a ticket shall not be issued except u, a person who...
(a) satisfies the librarian that he is resident in Hong Kong: and (6) is the holder of an identity card issued in accordance with the
Registration of Persons Regulations 1960.
(3) Tickets may be issued to any other person at the discretion of} the librarian.
8. Before issuing a ticket under paragraph (3) of by-law 7, the librarian may require the applicant to deposit with him in respect of each ticket issued such sum of money not exceeding one hundred dollas as the librarian may determine or to produce some person who is willing to be guarantor for him.
9. (1) A ticket shall not be issued to an applicant who is under ond years of twenty-one years of age unless some person who is twenty-one years of
age or over becomes guarantor for the applicant.
ago.
Gunraptor.
(2) Except where both parents are dead or are unwilling or unable to become guarantor of the librarian directs otherwise, the person who shall be guarantor under paragraph (1) shall be a parent of the applicant.
10. (1) A guarantor shall complete and sign a form of guarante in the form provided for the purpose by the librarian which shall contain such conditions as the librarian may from time to time determine.
(2) The guarantor shall, in default of the borrower, be liable for any sum which may become due to be paid by the borrower under
by-law 20 or 26 in respect of any book from a lending library and, unless he has been previously released in writing by the librarian from his obligation thereunder, his guarantee shall remain in force for the period specified in the guarantee or, where the borrower is under twenty- one years of age, until the borrower reaches the age of twenty-one.
(3) A guarantor shall not be released unless he has discharged all and any liability arising under the guarantee.
(4) The librarian may refuse to accept any person as guarantor without assigning a reason.
11. A ticket shall not be transferable.
Ticket Del transferable.
12. A borrower shall forthwith report to the librarian in writing Borraver 10 the loss of a ticket issued to him.
repon the loss of ticket.
13. (1) Where a borrower has lost a ticket, a new ticket may be New ticket issued to him.
(2) A fee of one dollar shall be payable on the issue of a new ticket under this by-law.
14. No person shall take any book from a library unless he has complied with the procedure laid down by the librarian for the borrow ing of books from the library.
MAY be issued where Haket lost.
Procedure for borrow. ing books.
15. Except with the permission of the librarian, a borrower may Restriction uot on one ticket-
(a) borrow more than one book on the same day; or
(b) have more than one book on loan at the same time
on number
of books to
be bomowoË.
may rescrYO
16. A borrower who desires to borrow any book which is not Borrower immediately available in a library may reserve that book by paying a I of twenty cents to the librarian.
& book nat Immediately Available.
17. A borrower shall, before leaving the library, ensure that any Borrower book issued to him on loan is complete and undamaged.
to cheue that book undernaged before leav-
Ing library,
be returned
18. (1) Every book borrowed from a library shall, unless the Books librarian in any particular case gives permission to retain the book for horrowed to a longer period, be returned to the library within fourteen days after within four- the day upon which it was borrowed.
tren days.