1967 Ed.]
Emergency (Principal) Regulations.
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16. (1) A competent authority may by order require the proprietor, editor, printer or publisher of any publication, or the proprietor or manager of any printing press or printing business, or the author of, or any person about to print or publish, any matter, to submit to such competent authority before printing or publishing any matter intended for printing or publishing.
(2) Any such order may be given either generally or in respect of any particular subject or class of subject, and, in the case of a publication published at regular or irregular intervals, may be given in respect of any particular issue or class of issues or of all issues for a specified period.
(3) Any person who contravenes an order given under this regulation shall be guilty of an offence.
17. (1) The printer or publisher of any publication shall not, without the written permission of a competent authority-
(a) print or publish any statement to the effect, or from which it may be inferred, that any alteration, addition, or omission has been made by order of a competent authority in any matter submitted to him;
(b) print or publish any matter which has been submitted to a competent authority in such a way as to show or suggest that any alteration, addition or omission has been made by order of a competent authority;
(c) print or publish any statement to the effect that publicity of such matter has been forbidden.
(2) If any person contravenes any of the provisions of this regulation, such person and the proprietor, publisher and editor of the publication in question shall each be guilty of an offence.
18. Without prejudice to any other provision of these regulations, any authorized officer may seize and detain any unlawful publication which comes into his hands.
19. (1) Without prejudice to any other provision of these regulations, a competent authority may by order-
(a) direct the forfeiture to the Government of Hong Kong of any printing press or other instrument or apparatus used for the printing of any unlawful publication and thereupon such printing press, instrument or apparatus may be seized by any authorized officer; or
(b) for such period as may be specified in the order, prohibit the operation-
(i) by any person whatsoever of any printing press, instrument or apparatus used as aforesaid;
(ii) by the proprietor of any printing press, instrument or apparatus used as aforesaid of that or any other printing press, instrument or apparatus designed for printing.
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[Subsidiary]
Power to require submission of matter for censorship before publication.
Censorship not to be disclosed.
Seizure and detention.
Action against printing presses, etc., responsible for contravention.
1967 Ed.]
Emergency (Principal) Regulations.
[CAP. 241
16. (1) A competent authority may by order require the proprietor, editor, printer or publisher of any publication, or the proprietor or manager of any printing press or printing business, or the author of, or any person about to print or publish, any matter, to submit to such competent authority before printing or publishing any matter intended for printing or publishing.
(2) Any such order may be given either generally or in respect of any particular subject or class of subject, and, in the case of a publication published at regular or irregular intervals, may be given in respect of any particular issue or class of issues or of all issues for a specified period.
(3). Any person who contravenes an order given under this regulation shall be guilty of an offence.
17. (1) The printer or publisher of any publication shall not, without the written permission of a competent authority-
(a) print or publish any statement to the effect, or from which it may be inferred, that any alteration, addition, or omission has been made by order of a competent authority in any matter submitted to him;
(b) print or publish any matter which has been submitted to a competent authority in such a way as to show or suggest that any alteration, addition or omission has been made by order of a competent authority;.
(c) print or publish any statement to the effect that publicity
of such matter has been forbidden.
(2) If any person contravenes any of the provisions of this regulation such person and the proprietor, publisher and editor of the publication in question shall each be guilty of an offence.
18. Without prejudice to any other provision of these regula- tions, any authorized officer may seize and detain any unlawful publication which comes into his hands.
19. (1) Without prejudice to any other provision of these regulations, a competent authority may by order-
(a) direct the forfeiture to the Government of Hong Kong of any printing press or other instrument or apparatus used for the printing of any unlawful publication and thereupon such printing press, instrument or apparatus may be seized by any authorized officer; or
(b) for such period as may be specified in the order, prohibit
the operation---
(i) by any person whatsoever of any printing press, instrument or apparatus used as aforesaid;
(ii) by the proprietor of any printing press, instrument or apparatus used as aforesaid of that or any other print- ing press, instrument or apparatus designed for printing.
P 17
[Subsidiary] Power to require submission of matter for censorship before publication.
Censorship not to be disclosed.
Seizure and detention.
Action against printing presses, etc., responsible for con-
travention.
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