1979 Ed.] Control of Publications Consolidation
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which any contravention of this Ordinance or of any regulations made thereunder may appear to have been committed or which may appear to be or to contain evidence of any such contravention.
(3) It shall be lawful for a magistrate, upon such notice, if any, as he may think fit, to order to be forfeited anything with respect to which an offence against this Ordinance or against any regulations made thereunder has been committed.
(4) Anything so forfeited shall be disposed of in such manner as the Commissioner of Police may direct.
(5) It shall be lawful for the Registrar and any person appointed by the Registrar in writing under his hand at all reason- able times to enter upon any premises from which newspapers are distributed or sold and to inspect and peruse and take away a copy of any newspaper found upon such premises.
(6) It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General, the Director of Trade, Industry and Customs and the Commissioner of Police or any person duly authorized by any such officer to detain, open and examine any package or article which is suspected to be or to contain a publication the importation of which has been prohibited by section 5.
(7) Any police officer who is lawfully upon any premises or place, whether in pursuance of any warrant or otherwise howso- ever, and any officer who by virtue of subsection (6) is authorized to open any package may seize, remove and detain anything with respect to which any offence against this Ordinance or against any regulation made thereunder may appear to have been committed or which may appear to be or contain evidence of the commission of any such offence.
15. On the trial of the proprietor, printer, publisher or editor of any local newspaper, or the printer of any other printed docu- ment, for any offence in which an ingredient is the publication of matter contained in any issue of such newspaper or in such docu- ment, the accused person shall be presumed to have published all matter contained in such issue or in such printed document, as the case may be, unless he proves that the publication was made without his authority, consent or knowledge, and that the publica- tion did not arise from want of the due care or caution on his part. (Replaced, 57 of 1955, s. 3)
16. Without prejudice to any other method of service, any process whatsoever, civil or criminal, addressed to the proprietor, printer, publisher or editor of any local newspaper shall for all purposes be deemed to be duly served if left with some adult at or sent by registered post to the registered address of the office of the newspaper.
Vicarious responsibility of proprietor,
printer,
publisher and editor.
Service of process.
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