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Repeal of sections
7.
Sections 8, 9 and 10 of the principal Ordinance are repealed.
8, 9 and 10.
section 12.
Amendment of
8.
Repeal and
replacement of section 13.
Repeal of
section 14.
Section 12 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "newspap register" and substituting the following-
"register of local newspapers kept by the Registrar in accordance with regula-
tions made under section 18".
9. Section 13 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-
"Presumption as to printer.
13. In any proceedings whatsoever it shall, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed that the person whose name appears in any local newspaper or other document as the printer of that local newspaper or other document is in fact the printer.".
10. Section 14 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.
Amendment of section 15.
11.
Section 15 of the principal Ordinance is amended—
(a)
by deleting "printed" wherever it occurs; and
(b)
Amendment of section 16.
Repeal and
replacement of section 17.
by inserting before "newspaper" in the second place where it occurs the following
"local".
12. Section 16 of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting before "newspaper" in the second place where it occurs the following—
"local".
13. Section 17 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following---
"Copies of local newspapers to be delivered to Registrar.
Evidence for civil
or criminal
proceedings.
17. (1) The publisher or, failing him, the printer of every local newspaper shall, on every day on which that local newspaper is published or on the day next following (other than a holiday), deliver or cause to be delivered to the Registrar a copy of that local newspaper and of every published second or other varied edition or impression thereof.
(2) The copy of every local newspaper delivered to the Regis- trar under subsection (1) shall bear the signature, full name and address of the printer or publisher thereof or the signature, full name and address of some other person appointed and authorized by that printer or publisher for that purpose and whose appointment and authority have been lodged with the Registrar.
(3) The Registrar shall keep in his possession the copy of every local newspaper delivered to him under subsection (1) for a period of not less than 6 months after which time he may destroy or otherwise dispose of that copy.
17A. (1) Where any person requires a copy of a local news- paper delivered to the Registrar under section 17(1) to be produced in evidence in any civil or criminal proceedings, the Registrar shall cause the copy of that local newspaper to be produced in court at the expense of the person applying for it, or shall deliver the copy to that person taking reasonable security for its return.
(2) A copy of a local newspaper produced or delivered under subsection (1) shall be sufficient evidence of any matter or thing contained therein.
(3) Every proprietor, printer, publisher or editor of a copy of a local newspaper produced or delivered under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be the proprietor, printer, publisher or editor respectively of all local newspapers which are of the same title, purport or effect as the copy of the local newspaper so produced or delivered (any minor variations being disregarded) unless the proprietor. printer, publisher or editor proves that those local newspapers were not printed, published or edited by him or with his knowledge or consent.".
14. Section 18 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following-
"(a) the registration of local newspapers and news agencies and their proprietors, printers, publishers and editors and the keeping of registers for that purpose;":
(b) in paragraph (b), by deleting “distributors of newspapers" and substituting
the following-
"newspaper distributors":
(c) in paragraph (c), by deleting "licensed distributors” and substituting the
following-
"newspaper distributors licensed for that purpose”:
(d) in paragraph (e), by deleting “imported newspapers" and substituting the
following
"newspapers printed or produced outside Hong Kong":
(e) by deleting paragraph (s);
(f) in paragraph (h)—-
(i) by deleting "newspaper or printed document or publication" and substituting the following--
"local newspaper or other printed document"; and
(ii) by deleting "printed documents of any category" and substituting the following-
"local newspapers and other printed documents";
(g) in paragraphs (i) and (j), by inserting before "printed documents" wherever
it occurs the following-
"local newspapers and other";
(h) by deleting paragraph (k); and
(i) in paragraph (m), by deleting “and deposits".
Amendment of section 18.
15. Section 19 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "periodical Amendment of publication" and substituting the following-
"local newspaper".
16. Section 20 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in subsection (1)—
(i) in paragraph (a), by deleting "$2,000" and substituting the following-
"$5,000"; and
(ii) in paragraph (b), by deleting "$10.000" and substituting the following-
(b) in subsection (2), by inserting
it occurs the following-
"$15,000"; and
before "newspaper" in the second place where
"local".
section 19.
Amendment of section 20.