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have therefore been abandoned.

Section 9 of the new Ordi-

-nance simply provides that the proprietor, printer, pub-

-lisher and editor of any newspaper shall be liable crimin-

-ally for any illegal matter contained in any issue of the

newspaper, and that the printer of any other document shall

similarly be liable for any illegal matter contained in such

document. The accused will not be liable under this sec-

-tion if he proves that the matter in question was printed

without his authority, consent or knowledge and that the

printing thereof did not arise from went of due care or

caution on his part.

25. Section 10 provides that any civil or criminal process

addressed to the proprietor, printer, publisher or editor

of any newspaper shall be deemed to be duly served if left

with an adult at, or sent by post to, the registered address

of the office of the newspaper.

26.

Section 11 is taken practically verbatim from section 5

of Ordinance No. 5 of 1839 of the Ordinances of Ceylon. I t

requires a copy of every edition of every newspaper, signed

by the printer ce publisher, to be delivered to the Registrar

of Newspapers. The copy so delivered is to be evidence in

any legal proceedings against the printer, publisher, pro-

-prietor and editor of the newspaper. The copies so de-

-livered are to be paid for by the Government.

The only

substantial difference between the section in the Ordinance

and the section in the Ceylon Ordinance is that in this

Ordinance the delivered copy of the newspaper is to be

evidence against the editor as well as against the printer,

publisher, and proprietor. The Ceylon Ordinance does not

refer to editors.

27. Section 12 of this Ordinance provides a general maximum

penalty of $1,000 or six months imprisonment.

This is the

penalty under sections 4 and 18 of Ordinance No. 4 of 1886,