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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 7, 1938.

connected with, or to be intended to be used for the purposes of, any proscribed organization, and it shall be lawful for a magistrate, upon such notice (if any) as he shall think fit, to order any such thing to be forfeited. Any thing so forfeited shall be disposed of in such manner as the Com- missioner of Police may direct.

NEWSPAPERS, ETC.

21. No person shal! print, publish or distribute any newspaper, placard or pamphlet containing any matter in the Chinese language (other than a bonâ fide trade advertise- ment) which has not been previously submitted to and passed by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, nor shall any person print, publish or distribute any news-sheet in the Chinese language as an extra, nor shall any person post up any placard purporting to contain in the Chinese language any portion of the contents of any newspaper, or any announce- ment relating to the contents of any newspaper, unless the printing, publishing or distribution of such extra or the post- ing up of such placard has been authorized and unless the form and arrangement of, as well as the matter contained in such extra and placard have been previously approved by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or any Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

22. No person shall import, print, publish, reproduce, have in his possession or under his control, post up or distribute any newspaper, placard, pamphlet, writing or pictorial representation calculated or tending to persuade or induce any person or persons, whether individually or as members of the general public-

(1) to refrain from dealing with, trading with, working for or hiring any person or persons in the course of trade, business, occupation or employment;

(2) to do any act calculated or tending to cause a breach of the peace;

(3) to interfere with the administration of the law or with the maintenance of law and order.

23. No person shall, without the permission of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, import any newspaper, placard or pamphlet containing any matter in the Chinese language other than a bonâ fide trade advertisement. No person shall have in his possession any newspaper, placard or pamphlet imported without such permission.

24. The Governor in Council shall have power to sup- press for such period as he may think fit or until further order the printing and publication of any newspaper. Any newspaper which has been previously suppressed under any repealed regulation made under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, 1922, shall continue to be suppressed.

25. Upon the making of any order for the suppression of any newspaper the Commissioner of Police shall seize and detain all the machinery, type, appliances, paper, printing materials, writing materials, books, documents, writings, effects and things of or pertaining to the suppressed news- paper, with power to remove the same or any part thereof to such place or places within the Colony as he may in his discretion see fit, and there to keep the same so long as such order shall subsist. All expenses incurred by the Commis-

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