No. 25 of 1927.
An Ordinance to regulate the printing of newspapers and the keeping and use of printing presses.
[Originally No. 25 of 1927. No. 1 of 1930. No. 3 of 1933. No. 28 of 1934. No. 12 of 1937. No. 25 of 1937. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.]
[1st January, 1928.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Printers and Publishers Ordinance, 1927.
2. In this Ordinance,
(a) Address in the case of an individual means his residence or usual place of business, and in the case of a corporation means the head office of such corporation within the Colony;
(b) Editor means the chief editor if there are more editors than one, and includes any person acting as chief editor or performing any of the usual functions of a chief editor;
(c) Newspaper includes every periodical which is printed or published in the Colony at intervals not exceeding three months, and which contains any public news or any comments on public news;
(d) "Person", except so far as relates to the imposition of the penalty of imprisonment, includes a body corporate and a firm;
(e) "Printed document" includes every piece of paper, cloth or other similar material, bearing any words, pictures or signs which were or appear to have been wholly or partly produced by any mechanical or copying process, and also includes every collection of printed documents bound together;
(f) "Printing press" includes every machine and apparatus adapted and apparently intended for reproducing words, pictures or signs on paper, cloth or other similar material.
As amended by No. 3 of 1933 [17.2.33].
PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS.
No. 25 of 1927.
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No. 25 of 1927.
An Ordinance to regulate the printing of newspapers and the
keeping and use of printing presses.
[Originally No. 25 of 1927.
No. 1 of 1930.
No. 3 of
1933.
[1st January, 1928.]
No. 28 of 1934.
No. 12 of
1937.
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No. 25 of
1937.
Law Rev.
Ord., 1939.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Printers and Short title. Publishers Ordinance, 1927.
2. In this Ordinance,
(a) Address in the case of an individual means his residence or usual place of business, and in the case of a corporation means the head office of such corporation within the Colony;
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(b) Editor means the chief editor if there are more. editors than one, and includes any person acting as chief editor or performing any of the usual functions of a chief editor;
(c) Newspaper includes every periodical which is printed or published in the Colony at intervals not exceeding three months, and which contains any public news or any comments on public news;
(d) "Person", except so far as relates to the imposition of the penalty of imprisonment, includes a body corporate and a firm;
(e) "Printed document" includes every piece of paper, cloth or other similar material, bearing any words, pictures or signs which were or appear to have been wholly or partly produced by any mechanical or copying process, and also includes every collection of printed documents bound together;
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(f) "Printing press includes every machine and apparatus adapted and apparently intended for reproducing words, pictures or signs on paper, cloth or other similar
As amended by No. 3 of 1933 [17.2.33].
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