Printer to keep a copy of every document printed by him.
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(8) No person shall without lawful authority or excuse have in his possession any document which does not comply with the requirements of this Ordi-
nance.
(9) In any proceedings under this Ordinance, every person who is proved to have had in his posses- sion or under his control anything whatsoever con- taining any document which does not comply with the requirements of this Ordinance, or who is proved to have had in his possession or under his control the key of any box or other receptacle containing any such document, shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been in possession of such document.
(10) In any proceedings under this Ordinance, every person who is proved to have bad in his posses- sion or under his control or subject to his order any document of title relating to anything whatsoever con- taining any document which does not comply with the requirements of this Ordinance, or who is proved to have had in his possession or under his control any document whatsoever which may be evidence of the right of any person to the possession of anything whatsoever containing any document which does not comply with the requirements of this Ordinance shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been in possession of the document last referred to.
(11) In any proceedings whatsoever it shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed that the person whose name appears on any document as the printer of such document was in fact the printer.
7.-(1) Every person who prints any book, news- paper or other printed document shall keep one copy of such book, newspaper or other printed document for a period of six months after the printing thereof.
(2) Such copy shall have written or printed thereon the name and full address of the person by whom the printer was employed to print the same.
(3) If the name of such person is Chinese the name shall be written or printed in Chinese characters.
(4) The printer shall produce such copy to any police officer on demand.
(5) The onus of proving the date of printing shall be on the printer.
8.-(1) It shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace to grant a warrant to any police officer to enter any place or board any vessel in or on board which any contravention of this Ordinance may appear to have been committed, and to search such place or vessel.
(2) Every such warrant shall have the effect of empowering all police officers to enter such place or board such vessel, and to search the same, and to seize anything with respect to which any contravention of this Ordinance 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 for- feited any thing with respect to which any contraven- tion of this Ordinance has been committed.
(4) Any thing so forfeited shall be disposed of in such manner as the Captain Superintendent of Police may direct.
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