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ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1886 . 1963


Printers and Publishers.


cease to be liable upon such bond except for any penalty or penalties
damages or costs for or in respect of any libel which may have been print
ed or published in such newspaper previous to the expiration of such
notice and for which he would otherwise have been liable under such

bond ; and in every such case the person for whom such surety shall have
been bound shall not print or publish any newspaper until he shall have
executed a new bond with sufficient sureties in the manner and to the

amount aforesaid ; and in case he shall print or publish any such news
paper without having entered into such new bond as aforesaid , he shall

be liable on conviction for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding
$ 100 , together with the costs of conviction .

18. All bonds entered into in pursuance of this Ordinance shall Custody of
bonds.
upon execution be deposited with the Registrar for safe custody. [S. 6 of No.
16 , of 1860,
altered. ]
PART III .


Printing presses.


19. From and after the expiration of seven days from the coming Declaration
by possessor.
into operation of this Ordinance no person shall within the Colony keep [8 of No. 2 of
1844.1
in his possession any press for the printing of newspapers books or papers
who shall not have made and subscribed before the Registrar in the news
paper register a declaration according to the form No. 4 in the schedule
hereunto annexed , such declaration to be made in like manner as is pre
scribed for the declarations hereinbefore mentioned , and whoever shall

keep in his possession any such press without making such declaration
shall on conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding $ 1,000 , or impri
sonment for a term not exceeding six months .


PART IV .


General.


20. All persons shall be at liberty to search and inspect the news Search.
Inspection.
paper register from time to time during the hours of business of the Certified
Supreme Court on payment of $ 1 , for every such search and inspection, [No. 2of 1844 ,
s. 3, 5, 44 and
and any person may require a copy of any entry or an extract from the 45 V. c. 60, s.
13.1
said book to be certified by the Registrar under the seal of the Court on
payment of $2 for every such copy .