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Section 7 of the Registration of Local Newspapers
Ordinance (Chapter 2687 requires that every
local
newspaper must be registered. The Registrar of Newspapers
is obliged to register a newspaper if all the necessary
particulars of the newspapers are furnished to him and the
appropriate fees paid. This means
that he cannot refuse
to register a newspaper the title of which is identical to
that of a
While already registered. newspaper
civil
remedies are probably available; the registration of two
identically-titled newspapers would obviously cause
confusion to the public. Clause 3 of the Bill seeks to prevent such a possibility by empowering the Registrar to
refuse registration of newspapers with a
with a title identical
to an existing one
already existing
Sir, I move that the debate be now adjourned.
Question on adjournment proposed, put and agreed to.
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