THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH MARCH, 1886.
13. Every person who shall print any newspaper, paper, or book, intended to be distributed or made public, shall print upon the front of every such newspaper or paper, if the same shall be printed on one side only, or upon the first or last leaf of every newspaper, paper, or book, which shall consist of more than one leaf, in legible characters his name and usual place of residence or business, and every person who shall distribute or publish or assist to distribute or publish any such newspaper, paper, or book, without fulfilling the requirements of this Section, shall upon conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding $25, for every copy of such newspaper, paper or book, so printed distributed or published by him.
14. Every person who shall print or publish or cause to be printed or published any newspaper, shall prior to such printing or publishing enter into a Bond before the Registrar, together with two sufficient sureties to the satisfaction of the Registrar, such printer or publisher or printer and publisher in the sum of twelve hundred dollars and such sureties jointly in a like sum, conditioned that such printer or publisher or printer and publisher shall pay every fine or penalty as may at any time be imposed upon or adjudged against him or any person acting for him in his absence by reason of any conviction for printing or publishing or printing and publishing any Libel at any time after the entering into such Bond and also all costs of such conviction; and further conditioned that every such printer or publisher or printer and publisher shall pay all such damages and costs as may be recovered or arise in any action for Libel published in such newspaper; and every person not covered by such bond who shall print or publish or cause to be printed or published any newspaper without having entered into such Bond with such sureties as aforesaid shall upon conviction for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding $100 together with the costs of conviction.
15. Every Bond so given as aforesaid may be sued upon in the name of the Attorney General of the Colony in cases of indictment or information and of the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs in any action for Libel in which damages may be recovered.
16. In every case in which any surety in any such Bond as aforesaid shall have been required to pay and have paid the whole or any part of the sum for which he shall have become Surety; or in case he shall become Bankrupt or shall cease to reside in the Colony, then and in every such case the person for whom such Surety shall have been bound shall not print or publish any newspaper until he shall have entered into a new Bond with sufficient Sureties in the manner and to the amount aforesaid; and in case he shall print or publish any such newspaper without having executed such new Bond as aforesaid, he shall be liable on conviction for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding $100 together with the costs of conviction.
17. If any Surety as aforesaid shall be desirous of withdrawing from such Bond, it shall be lawful for him to do so upon giving twenty days' previous notice in writing to the Registrar and also to his principal; and in every such case such Surety shall upon the expiration of such notice cease to be liable upon such Bond except for any penalty or penalties damages or costs for or in respect of any Libel which may have been printed or published in such newspaper previous to the expiration of such notice and for which he would otherwise have been liable under such Bond; and in every such case the person for whom such Surety shall have been bound shall not print or publish any newspaper until he shall have executed a new Bond with sufficient Sureties in the manner and to the amount aforesaid; and in case he shall print or publish any such newspaper without having entered into such new Bond as aforesaid, he shall be liable on conviction for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding $100, together with the costs of conviction.
18. All Bonds entered into in pursuance of this Ordinance shall upon execution be deposited with the Registrar for safe custody.
PART III.—Printing Presses.
19. From and after the expiration of seven days from the coming into operation of this Ordinance no person shall within the Colony keep in his possession any press for the printing of newspapers books or papers who shall not have made and subscribed before the Registrar in the Newspaper Register a Declaration according to the form No. 4 in the
Printers to print their names and addresses on Newspapers and Books. [2 and 3 V. c. 12, s. 2; 32 and 33 V. c. 24 sch.]
Penalty. ($500.)
Bond to be given by Printer or Publisher.
[No. 16 of 1860; 60 Geo. III c. 9; 1 W. 4 c. 73, repealed by 32 and 33 V. c. 24.] ($2500)
Attorney General or Plaintiff to sue upon Bonds.
[S. 2, No. 16 of 1860.]
New Surety in certain cases.
[Ibid. s. 3.]
Withdrawal of Sureties.
[Ibid s. 4.]
Custody of Bonds.
[S. 6 of No. 16 of 1860 altered.]
Declaration by possessor.
[S. 8 of No. 2 of 1844.]
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