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Section 7 of the Registration of Local Newspapers

Ordinance (Chapter 2687 requires that every

local

newspaper must be registered. The Registrar of Newspapers

is obliged to register a newspaper if all the necessary

particulars of the newspapers are furnished to him and the

appropriate fees paid. This means

that he cannot refuse

to register a newspaper the title of which is identical to

that of a

While already registered. newspaper

civil

remedies are probably available; the registration of two

identically-titled newspapers would obviously cause

confusion to the public. Clause 3 of the Bill seeks to prevent such a possibility by empowering the Registrar to

refuse registration of newspapers with a

with a title identical

to an existing one

already existing

Sir, I move that the debate be now adjourned.

Question on adjournment proposed, put and agreed to.

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