1988 Ed.]
Newspapers Registration and Distribution Regulations
[CAP. 268
B 3
[Subsidiary]
Change of identity of editor
6. A change shall be deemed to have occurred in the identity of the editor if the editor is absent from Hong Kong or if he ceases substantially to exercise the functions of an editor.
(L.N. 95/88)
How a certificate is to be given in
the case of a company or firm
7. If the particulars are furnished by a company the certificate shall be given by a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company, and if the particulars are furnished by a firm the certificate shall be given by a partner of the firm.
Printing and publication prohibited unless
regulations are complied with
8. No person shall print or publish or act as editor of, or continue to print or publish or act as editor of, any local newspaper unless all the requirements of these regulations with respect to such local newspaper have been complied with:
Provided that it shall not be a breach of this regulation to fail to register as a separate local newspaper a news sheet or sheets which constitutes or constitute in the opinion of the Registrar a later edition or editions of a local newspaper registered under these regulations.
Newspaper register
(L.N. 95/88)
9. The particulars furnished in accordance with the provisions of these regulations shall be kept by the Registrar as a register of local newspapers.
(L.N. 95/88)
Fees for search inspection and extract from newspaper
10. Any person may search and inspect any register of local newspapers on payment of $15 for every such search and inspection, and any person may require an extract from any such register to be certified by the Registrar on payment of $65 for every such extract.
Copies of particulars
11. The Registrar shall—
(L.N. 95/88)
(a) upon the registration of a local newspaper following the furnishing under regulation 3 of particulars specified in Form 1 in the Schedule; and
(b) upon the furnishing under regulation 5 of substituted particulars
specified in Form 3 in the Schedule,
send by post a copy of Form 1 or Form 3, as the case may be, to each person
named therein.
(L.N. 95/88)
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1988 Ed.]
Newspapers Registration and Distribution Regulations
[CAP. 268
B 3
[Subsidiary]
Change of identity of editor
6. A change shall be deemed to have occurred in the identity of the editor if the editor is absent from Hong Kong or if he ceases substantially to exercise the functions of an editor.
(L.N. 95(88)
How a certificate is to be given in
the case of a company or firm
7. If the particulars are furnished by a company the certificate shall be given by a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company, and if the particulars are furnished by a firm the certificate shall be given by a partner of the firm.
Printing and publication prohibited unless
regulations are complied with
8. No person shall print or publish or act as editor of, or continue to print or publish or act as editor of, any local newspaper unless all the requirements of these regulations with respect to such local newspaper have been complied with:
Provided that it shall not be a breach of this regulation to fail to register as a separate local newspaper a news sheet or sheets which constitutes or constitute in the opinion of the Registrar a later edition or editions of a local newspaper registered under these regulations.
Newspaper register
(L.N. 95/88)
9. The particulars furnished in accordance with the provisions of these regulations shall be kept by the Registrar as a register of local newspapers.
(L.N. 95/88)
Fees for search inspection and extract from newspaper
10. Any person may search and inspect any register of local newspapers on payment of $15 for every such search and inspection, and any person may require an extract from any such register to be certified by the Registrar on payment of $65 for every such extract.
Copies of particulars
11. The Registrar shall—
(L.N. 95/88)
(a) upon the registration of a local newspaper following the furnishing under regulation 3 of particulars specified in Form 1 in the Schedule; and
(b) upon the furnishing under regulation 5 of substituted particulars
specified in Form 3 in the Schedule,
send by post a copy of Form 1 or Form 3, as the case may be, to each person
named therein.
(L.N. 95/88)
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