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1000.

5. Whoever shall print or publish any newspaper or paper without conforming to the provisions in Section 4, or whoever shall print and publish or cause to be printed or published any newspaper or paper knowing that the said provisions have not been complied with, shall on conviction be liable to a penalty of not exceeding $3,000 and to im- prisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

6. If any person, who has made and subscribed the De- claration prescribed by Section 4, reases to be the printer or publisher of the newspaper or paper mentioned in such Declaration, he may appear before the Registrar and may make and subscribe a Declaration in the Newspaper Register according to the form No. 2 in the Schedule hereunto annexed.

7. Upon every change of the proprietor of any news- paper or paper, or upon every transfer or transmission of or dealing therein whereby any person ceases to be a pro- prietor or any new proprietor is introduced, it shall be the duty of the printers and publishers for the time being of such newspaper or paper, within 21 days from the time of such change, transfer or transmission as aforesaid to ap- pear before the Registrar and subscribe a Declaration in the Newspaper Register according to the form No. 3 in the Schedule hereunto annexed.

8. If within the said period of twenty-one days such Declaration shall not be made, then each printer and publisher of such newspaper or paper shall on conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding $150.

9. Any party to a transfer or transmission of or dealing with any share of or interest in any newspaper or paper whereby any person ceases to be a proprietor or any new proprietor is introduced, may at any time make or cause to be made the Declaration prescribed by Section 7 of this Ordinance.

10. Where in the opinion of the Governor in Council inconvenience would arise or be caused in any case from making a Declaration of the names of all the proprietors of the newspaper or paper (either owing to minority, coverture, absence from the Colony, minute subdivision of shares or other special circumstances) it shall be lawful for the printers or publishers of such newspaper or paper, upon the order of the Governor in Council, to make such declaration with the name or names of some one or more representative pro- prietors."

11. The provisions herein before contained in reference to the proprietor of any newspaper or paper shall not ex- tend or apply to any newspaper or paper which belongs to a Joint-stock Company duly incorporated under the Ördi- nances relating to Joint-stock Companies.

12. Every person who shall print any newspaper, paper or book for hire, reward, gain or profit, shall carefully pre- serve and keep one copy (at least) of every newspaper, paper or book so printed by him, on which he shall write or print or cause to be written or printed in legible charac- ters the name and place of residence of the person or per- sous by whom he is employed to print the same and shall keep and preserve the same for the space of six months after the printing thereof and shall produce and show the same to a Police Magistrate of the Colony if required to do so within the said six months, and every person who shall omit or neglect any of the provisions of this Section shall on conviction be liable to a penalty of one hundred Dollars.

13. Every person who shall print any newspaper, paper or book, intended to be distributed or made public, shall print upon the front of every such newspaper or paper, if the same shall be printed on one side only, or upon the first or last leaf of every newspaper, paper or hook, which shall consist of more that one leaf, in legible characters his name and usual place of residence or business, and every person who shall distribute or publish or assist to distribute or publish any such newspaper, paper or book, without fulfilling the requirements of this Section, shall upon conviction be liable to a penalty $25, for every copy of such news- paper, paper or book, so printed distributed or published by him.

14. Every person who shall print or publish or cause to be printed or published any newspaper or paper, shall prior to such printing or publishing enter into a Bond before the Registrar, together with two sufficient sureties to the satis- faction of the Registrar, such printer or publisher or printer and publisher in the sum of twelve hundred dollars and such sureties jointly in a like sum, conditioned that such

Penalty for

non user- vance of s. 5. {Ibid., 2.1

Declaration

on person ceasing to be Printer, &c. {Iict, . 5.]

Change of proprietor- klip.

[44 and 45 V. 2. ), F. 9.]

Penalty for onission to make the

Declaration in

R. 7.

[44 and 45 V. c. 60, s. 10.]

(£25.) Power for

party on change of proprietor- ship to make Declaration. [44 and 45 V. c. 60, s 11.]

Authority to make Declara- tion of somɑ only of proprietors. [44 and 45 V. c. 60, e. 7.]

Exception as to Newspapers and Papers of Companies.

[44 and 45 V, c. 60, s. 18.]

Printers to keep copy of Newspapers and Books aud to produce on request of Magistrate. [39 Geo. III c. 79, s. 29.32 and 33 V. c.

24)

[Month meADE Calendar, . I

of 67.]

Penalty.

(£20.)

Printers to print their Dames And addresses on Newspapers and Books.

2 and 3 V. c. 12, s. 2; 37 and

33 Y. c. 24 sch.

Pensity. (£5.)

Bond to be riven by Printer or Publisher

(No. 16 of 1860, 60 Geo. III c. 9. I. W. 4 c. 73, repealed by 32 and 33 V. c. 24.)

(£250.)