1964 ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1886 .
Printers and Publishers.
Copies of 21. Every copy of an entry in or extract from the newspaper regis
entries, &c. in
register to be ter as aforesaid purporting to be certified by the Registrar under the seal
evidence of
contents. of the said Court shall be received as conclusive evidence of the contents
[44 and 45 V,
c. 60, 15 , of the said register so far as the same appear in such copy or extract.
substituted
for No. 2 of without proof of the signature thereto or of the seal of the Court affixed
1844, ss. 3, 5
in part. ] thereto and every such certified copy or extract shall in all proceedings
[ This covers civil or criminal be accepted as sufficient primâ facie evidence of all the
s. 6 of No. 2
of 1844. ] matters and things thereby appearing unless and until the contrary there
of be shown .
Penalty for 22. If any person shall knowingly and wilfully make or cause to
making
wilful mis be made any declaration by this Ordinance required or permitted to be
representa
tion in made in which there shall be any untruth or misrepresentation or from
declarations.
[S. 9 of No. 2 which there shall be any omission in respect of any of the particulars by
of 1844, s. 12
of 44 and 45 this Ordinance required to be contained therein whereby such declaration
V. c. 60. ]
shall be misleading , or if any proprietor of a newspaper shall knowingly
and wilfully permit any declaration under sections 4 and 7 of this Ordi
nance to be made which shall be misleading with reference to his own
name, occupation , place of business ( if any ) or place of residence , every
(£100.) such offender being convicted thereof shall be liable to a penalty not ex
ceeding $500.
General 23. This Ordinance shall not extend or apply to the impression of
exceptions,
[39 Geo. III any engraving or to the printing by letter press of the name or of the
c. 79, s. 1 , re
enacted in 32 name and addresses or business or profession of any person or of the
and 33 V. c.
24 sch. ] article in which he deals or of any paper containing an advertisement of
the sale of any estates or goods by auction or otherwise or of ordinary
business notices or advertisements .
Recovery of 24. All penalties under this Ordinance may be recovered sum
penalties.
44 and 45 V. marily before a Police Magistrate according to the laws for the time
c. 60, s. 16. ]
being in force within the Colony regulating summary procedure.
Limitation of 25. No persons shall be prosecuted or sued for any penalty imposed
prosecution
or action. by this Ordinance unless such prosecution shall be commenced or such
[39 Geo. III.
c. 79, 8. 34. ] action shall be brought within 6 months next after such penalty shall
have been incurred ; nor unless such prosecution or action be commenced ,
prosecuted, entered , or filed in the name of the Attorney General for the
time being of the Colony and with his assent.