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No. 25 of 1927.
PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS.
Licensing of printing presses.
6.—(1) It shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Police in his discretion to grant to any person a licence to keep a printing press at any specified place.
(2) If a licence is refused it shall be lawful for the applicant within fourteen days from the date of the refusal to appeal by petition to the Governor in Council against such refusal, and upon consideration of such petition and of any reply thereto submitted in writing by the Commissioner of Police it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to allow or to dismiss the appeal, and if he allows the appeal to give such directions as may be necessary in order to give effect to such allowance.
(3) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council in his discretion to order any printing press licence to be cancelled. No such order shall be made until notice of intention to consider the making of such order has been served on the licensee in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (4). Every such notice shall contain a statement of the grounds upon which it is alleged that the order should be made and shall allow to the licensee a period of fourteen days from the date of the service of the notice, or such other period as may be prescribed by regulation made under this Ordinance, within which the licensee shall be at liberty to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Clerk of Councils a written statement of any reasons which he may wish to urge against the making of the order. Upon the expiration of the said period it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to proceed to consider and decide whether the order should not be made. Any such order of cancellation shall be served on the licensee in the manner referred to in this sub-section and shall thereupon be deemed to have been brought to the notice of the licensee and to be effective for all purposes. Upon service of the order of cancellation the licence shall forthwith be returned by the licensee to the Commissioner of Police. No person shall without lawful authority or excuse have in his possession any printing press licence which has been cancelled.
(4) The notice referred to in sub-section (3) may be served by delivering it personally to the licensee if the licensee is an individual, or by delivering it personally to some officer of the † As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
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No. 25 of 1927.
PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS.
Licensing of printing
presses.
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6.—(1) It shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Police in his discretion to grant to any person a licence to keep a printing press at any specified place.
(2) If a licence is refused it shall be lawful for the applicant within fourteen days from the date of the refusal to appeal by petition to the Governor in Council against such refusal, and upon consideration of such petition and of any reply thereto submitted in writing by the Commissioner of Police it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to allow or to dismiss the appeal, and if he allows the appeal to give such directions as may be necessary in order to give effect to such allowance.
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(3) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council in his discretion to order any printing press licence to be cancelled. No such order shall be made until notice of intention to consider the making of such order has been served on the licensee in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (4). Every such notice shall contain a statement of the grounds upon which it is alleged that the order should be made and shall allow to the licensee a period of fourteen days from the date of the service of the notice, or such other period as may be prescribed by regulation made under this Ordinance, within which the licensee shall be at liberty to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Clerk of Councils a written statement of any reasons which he may wish to urge against the making of the order. Upon the expiration of the said period it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to proceed to consider and decide whether the order should not be made. Any such order of cancellation shall be served on the licensee in the manner referred to in this sub-section and shall thereupon be deemed to have been brought to the notice of the licensee and to be effective for all purposes. Upon service of the order of can- cellation the licence shall forthwith be returned by the licensee to the Commissioner of Police. No person shall without lawful authority or excuse have in his possession any printing press licence which has been cancelled.
(4) The notice referred to in sub-section (3) may be served by delivering it personally to the licensee if the licensee is an individual, or by delivering it personally to some officer of the † As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
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