Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL LIBRARY ACT 1960 - SECT 5

(1)

A body corporate is hereby established under the name "National Library of Australia".

Note: The Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 applies to the Library. That Act deals with matters relating to Commonwealth authorities, including reporting and accountability, banking and investment, and conduct of officers.

(2)

The Library:

(a)

shall have a seal;

(b)

has power to acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property; and

(c)

may sue and be sued in its corporate name.

(3)

All courts, judges and persons acting judicially shall take judicial notice of the seal of the Library affixed to a document and shall presume that it was duly affixed.