Penalties.
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such contraventions thereof as may be specified shall constitute an offence and may provide for the punish ment of any such offence on summary conviction by a fine of one thousand dollars and by imprisonment for a term of six months.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing such regulations may provide for the revocation or cancellation: of any registration licence pass or other authorization to bej effected or granted thereunder.
(3) The regulations in the Second Schedule shall be deemed to have been made under subsection (1) and shall continue in force except in so far as they may be rescinded or amended by regulations made under subsection (1).
17. (1) Every person who commits an offence against this Ordinance shall-
(a) upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of two thousand dollars and to imprisonment for one year; and (b) upon conviction on indictment be liable to a fine of ten
thousand dollars and to imprisonment for three years.
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SECOND SCHEDULE.
PART I.
REGISTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION.
[Sec. 16.]
1. These regulations may be cited as the Newspapers Citation. Registration and Distribution Regulations, 1951.
tion of
2. Every local newspaper whether or not already registered Registra- under section 4 of the Printers and Publishers Ordinance, 1927, news shall be registered in accordance with these regulations.
papers.
3. In order to effect registration one of the persons specified Particulara in regulation 4 shall furnish to the Registrar the particulars furnished
to be
specified in Form No. 1 in the Schedule to these regulations Registrar. and such other particulars (including specimea signatures and photographs) of the proprietor, printer, publisher or editor. of any newspapers as the Registrar shall in his absolute discretion require, and shall certify the correctness of such particulars and of his own description.
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to be
proprietor,
etc.
4. The particulars specified shall be furnished and certified Particulars (2) Every printer or publisher of a local newspaper who by the proprietor, printer, publisher or editor of the newspaper. certified by contravenes the provisions of section 15 as to the delivery of copies of such newspaper at the office of the Registrar shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars.
18. This Ordinance shall come into force on such date as mencement. the Governor shall notify by Proclamation in the Gaselle.
Repeals. Ordinance 25 of 1927. Ordinance 14 of 1938. Ordinance 16 of 1907.
Ordinance
13 of 1938.
Ordinance
3 of 1919.
19. The following Ordinances are hereby repealed- (a) The Printers and Publishers Ordinance, 1927; (b) The Prohibited Publications Ordinance, 1938;
(c) The Chinese Publications (Prevention) Ordinance, 1907.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
Treason or treason felony,
particulars
furnished
certified when any
5. If any change occurs or if any inaccuracy is discovered, Sub- in any of the specified particulars, the persons specified in stituted regulation 4 shall, within seven days furnish substituted parti- to be culars to the Registrar and shall certify the correctness of such and substituted particulars and of their own descriptions: Provided that if one of such persons complies with the requirements of change this regulation the obligations imposed by this regulation on any or any other persons shall be deemed to have been discharged as regards inaccuracy the substituted particulars so furnished.
discovered.
occurs
is
8. A change shall be deemed to have occurred in the Change of
[Sec. 4.] identity of the editor if the editor is absent from the Colony editor.
identity of
An offence against section 4 of the Sedition Ordinance, 1938. Criminal libel,
Contempt of Court.
An offence against the Indecent Exhibitions Ordinance, 1918.
or if he ceases substantially to exercise the functions of an editor.
7. If the particulars are furnished by a company the certi- ficate shall be given by a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company, and if the particulars are furnished by a firm the certificates shall be given by a partner of the firm.
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