PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS.
No. 25 of 1927.
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: registration of the newspaper concerned until a deposit has [s. 5 contd.] been made with him, in respect of the newspaper concerned, equal to the amount paid out under his direction, and during the period of such suspension the newspaper shall be deemed to be not registered and for the purposes of sub-section (8) of section 4 of this Ordinance the requirements of the said section 4 shall be deemed not to have been complied with in the case of such newspaper.
(5) The proprietor of any newspaper may at any time give notice to the registrar that he desires the registration of the newspaper to cease and the registrar may on the receipt of such notice cancel the registration and the newspaper shall cease to be registered from the date of such cancellation.
(6) After the expiration of six months from any such cancellation of registration or, in his discretion, before the expiration of that period, the registrar may direct that the sum deposited in respect of such newspaper, or so much of such sum as remains deposited, shall be repaid to the person entitled to receive the same.
(7) It shall be lawful for the registrar to accept in lieu of the deposit of three thousand dollars a bond in the said amount, by the person seeking the registration together with one or two sufficient sureties approved by the registrar, conditioned for the payment of any fine which may be imposed upon the proprietor, printer, publisher or editor of the newspaper in question either under this Ordinance or in respect of any matter appearing in the said newspaper, and also for the payment of any damages that may be awarded in any action for libel in respect of any matter appearing in the said newspaper and the costs of any such action.
(8) Where a newspaper has been registered without the payment of the deposit referred to in sub-section (1), the registrar may in his discretion demand such deposit and may suspend the registration of the newspaper concerned until the deposit has been made with him. Any such suspension shall have the same effect as a suspension under sub-section (4). On the making of such deposit the obligation of the bond shall be deemed to be discharged.
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PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS.
No. 25 of 1927.
1721
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registration of the newspaper concerned until a deposit has [s. 5 contd.] been made with him, in respect of the newspaper concerned, equal to the amount paid out under his direction, and during the period of such suspension the newspaper shall be deemed to be not registered and for the purposes of sub-section (8) of section 4 of this Ordinance the requirements of the said section 4 shall be deemed not to have been complied with in the case of such newspaper.
(5) The proprietor of any newspaper may at any time give notice to the registrar that he desires the registration of the newspaper to cease and the registrar may on the receipt of such notice cancel the registration and the newspaper shall cease to be registered from the date of such cancellation.
(6) After the expiration of six months from any such cancellation of registration or, in his discretion, before the expiration of that period, the registrar may direct that the sum deposited in respect of such newspaper, or so much of such sum as remains deposited, shall be repaid to the person entitled to receive the same.
(7) It shall be lawful for the registrar to accept in lieu of the deposit of three thousand dollars a bond in the said amount, by the person seeking the registration together with one or two sufficient sureties approved by the registrar, conditioned for the payment of any fine which may be imposed upon the proprietor, printer, publisher or editor of the newspaper in question either under this Ordinance or in respect of any matter appearing in the said newspaper, and also for the payment of any damages that may be awarded in any action for libel in respect of any matter appearing in the said newspaper and the costs of any such action.
(8) Where a newspaper has been registered without the payment of the deposit referred to in sub-section (1), the registrar may in his discretion demand such deposit and may suspend the registration of the newspaper concerned until the deposit has been made with him. Any such suspension shall have the same effect as a suspension under sub-section (4). On the making of such deposit the obligation of the bond shall be deemed to be discharged.
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