1979 Ed.]
Control of Publications Consolidation
[CAP. 268
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"printing press" includes every machine and apparatus used or intended to be used for the printing of any newspaper, book or pamphlet or for the printing, production or reproduction for gain or reward of any printed matter;
"proprietor" includes lessee;
"publication" includes all written or printed matter and every- thing whether of a nature similar to printed matter or not, containing any visible representation, or, by its form, shape, or in any manner capable of suggesting words or ideas, and every copy and reproduction of any publication;
"Registrar" means such officer as may be appointed by the Governor to act as registrar of newspapers, and includes any person appointed by the Governor to act as deputy registrar of newspapers.
3. It shall be an offence against this Ordinance to print or publish any publication which contains any writing or pictorial representation calculated or tending to persuade or induce any person or persons whether individually or as members of the general public or of classes or sections thereof
(a) to commit an offence; or
(b) to become a member of, contribute to the support of, recruit for or proselytize on behalf of, or otherwise adhere to-
(i) any unlawful society within the meaning of the Societies Ordinance; or
(ii) any political party, group or association established outside the Colony adherence to which within the Colony has by virtue of any enactment been declared by the Governor in Council to be prejudicial to the security of the Colony or to the prevention of crime or to the maintenance within the Colony of public order or safety.
4. (1) It shall be lawful for the Court or a magistrate upon the application of the Attorney General to order the suppression for a period not exceeding 6 months of any local newspaper the printer, publisher or editor of which has been found guilty of committing in respect of anything published in such newspaper any of the offences provided for by sections 3 and 6 or any of the offences mentioned in the Schedule or any other offence of a nature prejudicial to the security of the Colony or to the main- tenance within the Colony of public order, safety, health or morals.
(2) It shall be lawful for a magistrate upon the application of the Attorney General to order that pending the determination of any proceedings for the prosecution of a printer, publisher or editor for any such offence as aforesaid-
Offence to print or publish publications of
a certain character.
(Cap. 151.)
Suppression of newspapers and suspension of publication.
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