Chapter:	132AL	Title:	LIBRARIES REGULATION	Gazette Number:	L.N. 83 of 2003
Section:	27	Heading:	Liability for library material not returned or damaged	Version Date:	26/05/2003

(1) Any person who writes upon, marks or soils any library material or by whose act any library material is, in the opinion of the librarian, otherwise damaged in any way whatever or who destroys any library material shall be liable to pay to the Government such sum of money as the librarian considers necessary to replace such library material or the whole set of library material of which such library material forms a part or such sum of money as the librarian considers will be full compensation for the damage or loss.
(2) If any library material which is borrowed or taken from a library or obtained for use in a library is not returned in accordance with this Regulation or if, when returned, such library material is found to be written upon, marked or soiled in any way or, in the opinion of the librarian, is otherwise damaged in any way whatever, the person who is the holder of the library card or the identity card allowed for library purposes on which such library material was borrowed or taken or the person who obtained the library material for use in the library as the case may be, shall, unless payment has been made by any person under subsection (1) hereof, be liable to pay to the Government such sum of money as the librarian considers necessary to replace such library material or the whole set of library material of which such library material forms a part or such sum of money as the librarian considers will be full compensation for the damage or loss. (L.N. 83 of 2003)
(3) In addition to any sum which a person may be liable to pay under subsection (1) or (2), such person may be required to pay a surcharge amounting to 20 per cent of such sum.
(4) Where any sum becomes payable under this section in respect of library material borrowed or taken from a library, the person who is the holder of the library card or the identity card allowed for library purposes on which the library material was borrowed or taken shall be liable to pay such sum notwithstanding that the library material was not borrowed or taken by him. (L.N. 83 of 2003)
(5) A person who has reported to the librarian in writing the loss of his library card or identity card allowed for library purposes shall not be liable under this section in respect of any library material which is borrowed or taken from the library on that library card or identity card after he has reported such loss. (L.N. 83 of 2003)
(6) A person who makes a report to the Director or an officer of Leisure and Cultural Services Department, that library material borrowed or taken from or obtained for use in a library has been lost which report he knows to be false is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 1 and to imprisonment for 1 month. (L.N. 211 of 1995)