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Second Schedule,

15 of 1951,

Part III.

G.N.A. 27/54.

57 of 1955.

L.N. 1/78.

G.N.A. 114/51.

Citation.

Application.

(Cap. 268, sub. leg.)

Registration of news agencies.

Particulars to be furnished to Registrar. Schedule, Form.

Particulars to be certified by proprietor, etc.

Substituted particulars to be furnished and certified when any change occurs or any inaccuracy is discovered.

Change of identity of editor.

How a certificate

is to be given in the case of a company or firm.

CAP. 268] News Agencies Registration Regulations

[1979 Ed.

NEWS AGENCIES REGISTRATION REGULATIONS

(Cap. 268, section 18)

[1 July 1951.]

1. These regulations may be cited as the News Agencies Registration Regulations.

2. These regulations shall apply to any news agency in respect of the bulletins of which the Registrar has under regulation 18 of the Newspapers Registration and Distribution Regulations declared himself to be satisfied that they are distributed in the Colony only to local newspapers registered under such regulations.

3. Every news agency shall be registered in accordance with these regulations.

4. In order to effect registration, one of the persons specified in regulation 5 shall furnish to the Registrar the particulars specified in the Form in the Schedule to these regulations and such other particulars (including specimen signatures and photographs) of the proprietor and manager of the news agency and the printer, publisher or editor of the bulletin distributed by the news agency as the Regis- trar shall in his absolute discretion require and shall certify the correctness of such particulars and of his own description.

5. The particulars specified shall be furnished and certified by the proprietor or manager of the news agency.

6. If any change occurs or if any inaccuracy is discovered, in any of the specified particulars, the persons specified in regulation 5 shall, within 7 days furnish substituted particulars to the Registrar and shall certify the correctness of such substituted particulars and of their own descriptions:

Provided that if one of such persons complies with the require- ments of this regulation the obligations imposed by this regulation on any other person shall be deemed to have been discharged as regards the substituted particulars so furnished.

7. A change shall be deemed to have occurred in the identity of the editor if the editor is absent from the Colony or if he ceases substantially to exercise the functions of an editor.

8. If the particulars are furnished by a company the certificate shall be given by a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company, and if the particulars are furnished by a firm the certificate shall be given by a partner of the firm.

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