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Power to Postmaster General to detain certain publications when transmitted by post.
No. 6 of 1914. SEDITIOUS PUBLICATIONS.
6. The Postmaster General or any officer authorised by him in this behalf may detain any article in course of transmission by post which he suspects to contain any newspaper, book or other document containing seditious matter and shall deliver any such newspaper, book or other document containing seditious matter so detained to such officer as the Governor in Council may appoint in this behalf to be disposed of in such manner as the Governor in Council may direct:
Provided that no person employed by or under the Post Office shall open any such article unless he is authorised by express warrant in writing under the hand of the Governor or is otherwise authorised by law in that behalf.
7-(1) Any person having an interest in any property in respect of which a declaration of forfeiture has been made under section 3, may, within two months from the date of such declaration, apply to the Supreme Court to set aside such declaration on the ground that the newspaper, book or other document in respect of which the declaration was made did not contain any seditious matter.
(2) If it appears to the Supreme Court that the newspaper, book or other document in respect of which the declaration in question was made did not contain seditious matter, the Supreme Court shall set aside the declaration of forfeiture.
8. Every declaration of forfeiture purporting to be made under this Ordinance shall, as against all persons, be conclusive evidence that the forfeiture therein referred to has taken place, and no proceeding purporting to be taken under this Ordinance shall be called in question by any court, except by the Supreme Court on an application made under the provisions of section 7, and no civil or criminal proceeding, except as provided by this Ordinance, shall be instituted against any person for anything done or in good faith intended to be done under this Ordinance.
9. Whenever it appears to a magistrate upon the oath of any person that there is reasonable cause to suspect that any newspaper, book or other document which contains any seditious matter, or
*As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
†As amended by No. 6 of 1915 and Law Rev. Ord., 1924.