1988 Ed.]
News Agencies Registration Regulations
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[Subsidiary]
Provided that if one of such persons complies with the requirements of this regulation the obligations imposed by this regulation on any other person shall be deemed to have been discharged as regards the substituted particulars so furnished.
Change of identity of editor
7. A change shall be deemed to have occurred in the identity of the editor if the editor is absent from Hong Kong or if he ceases substantially to exercise the functions of an editor.
(L.N. 94/88)
How a certificate is to be given in the case of a company or firm
8. 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.
Printing and publication prohibited unless regulations are complied with
9. No person shall print or publish or act as editor of, or continue to print or publish or act as editor of, any news agency unless all the requirements of these regulations with respect to such news agency have been complied with.
News agency register
10. The particulars furnished in accordance with the provisions of these regulations shall be kept by the Registrar as a register of news agencies.
Fees for search inspection and extract from news agency
(L.N. 94/88)
11. Any person may search and inspect any news agency register on payment of $15 for every such search and inspection, and any person may require an extract from any news agency register to be certified by the Registrar on payment of $65 for every such extract.
(L.N. 94/88)
Copies of particulars
12. The Registrar shall-
(a) upon the registration of a news agency following the furnishing under
regulation 4 of particulars specified in Form 1 in the Schedule; and
(b) upon the furnishing under regulation 6 of substituted particulars
specified in Form 2 in the Schedule,
send by post a copy of Form 1 or Form 2, as the case may be, to each person named therein.
(L.N. 94/88)