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9. Without prejudice to the liability of any other Criminal person, the proprietor, printer, publisher and editor of liability of
principal. any newspaper shall be liable criminally for any illegal matter contained in any issue of the newspaper, and the printer of any other printed document shall be liable criminally for any illegal matter contained in such document: Provided that the defendant shall not be liable under this section if he proves beyond reasonable doubt that the matter in question was printed without his authority, consent or knowledge, and that the printing thereof did not arise from want of due care or caution on his part.
10. Without prejudice to any other method of Service of service, any process whatsoever, civil or criminal, process. addressed to the proprietor, printer, publisher or editor
of
any newspaper shall for all purposes be deemed to be duly served if left with some adult at, or sent by post to, the registered address of the office of the newspaper.
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be delivered
11. The printer or publisher of every newspaper Copies of printed in the Colony shall, upon every day on which newspapers to such newspaper shall be published, or on the day next to the following which shall not be a holiday, deliver or cause Registrar. to be delivered at the office of the Registrar, one copy every such newspaper, and of every second or other varied edition or impression thereof so printed or published, with the name and address of the printer or publisher thereof signed and written thereon after the same shall be printed, by his proper hand, and in his accustomed manner of signing, or by some person appointed and authorized by him for that purpose, and of whose appointment and authority due notice in writing signed by such printer or publisher shall have been given to the Registrar; and such printer or publisher shall be entitled to demand and receive once in every month from the Registrar the ordinary price of the newspapers so delivered; and in case any person shall require any such newspaper so signed and delivered to be produced in evidence in any proceed- ing, civil or criminal, the Registrar shall cause such newspaper to be produced in court when required, at the expense of the party applying for it, or shall deliver the same to such party, taking reasonable security for his returning it, and all copies so delivered as aforesaid shall be evidence against every proprietor, printer, publisher, and editor of every such newspaper, in all proceedings, civil or criminal, to be commenced or carried on as well touching such newspapers as any matter or thing therein contained, and touching any other newspaper, and any matter or thing therein contained, which shall be of the same title, purport, or effect with such copy so delivered as aforesaid, although such copy may vary in some instances or particulars, either as to title, purport, or effect; and every proprietor, printer, publisher, or editor of any copy so delivered as aforesaid shall to all intents and purposes be deemed to be the proprietor, printer, publisher, or editor respectively of all newspapers which shall be of the same title, purport, or effect with such copies or impressions so delivered as afore- said, notwithstanding such variance as aforesaid, unless such proprietor, printer, publisher, or editor respectively shall prove that such newspapers were not printed or published or edited by him or by or with his knowledge or privity. The Registrar shall not be required to keep any copy for a longer period than six months.
12. Subject to the provisions of section 9, every Penalties. person who contravenes any of the provisions of this