No. 25 of 1927.
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period as may be prescribed by regulation, furnish substituted particulars to the registrar and shall certify the correctness of such substituted particulars and of their own descriptions: Provided that if one of such persons complies with the requirements of this sub-section the obligations imposed by this sub-section on any other persons shall be deemed to have been discharged as regards the substituted particulars so furnished.
(5) A change shall be deemed to have occurred in the identity of the editor if the editor is absent from the Colony or if he ceases substantially to exercise the functions of an editor.
(6) If the particulars are furnished by a company the certificate shall be given by a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company, and if the particulars are furnished by a firm the certificate shall be given by a partner of the firm.
(7) If any particular or substituted particular which purports to be furnished in accordance with the requirements of this section is incorrect, the person who certified the correctness of such particular shall be deemed to have contravened this Ordinance unless he proves—
(a) that he believed that the particular furnished was correct, and
(b) that he could not with the exercise of reasonable diligence have discovered its incorrectness.
(8) No person shall print or publish or act as editor of, or continue to print or publish or act as editor of, any newspaper unless all the requirements of this section with respect to such newspaper have been complied with.
(9) The particulars furnished in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance shall be kept by the registrar as a newspaper register or registers.
(10) Any person may search and inspect any newspaper register on payment of one dollar for every such search and inspection, and any person may require an extract from any newspaper register to be certified by the registrar on payment of two dollars for every such extract.