Search Results on rules for query: "Registration of Newspaper (Central) Rules, 1956"
Related Section(s)1[20A. Power of Central Government to make rules.--(1) The Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, make rules--
(a) prescribing the particulars which a declaration made and subscribed under section 5 may contain 2[and the form and manner in which the names of the printer, publisher, owner and editor of a newspaper and the place of its printing and publication may be printed on every copy of such newspaper]; 3[(b) prescribing the manner in which copies of any declaration attested by the official seal of a Magistrate or copies of any order refusing to authenticate any declaration may be forwarded to the person making and subscribing the declaration and to the Press Registrar;] (c) prescribing the manner in which copies of any newspaper may be sent to the Press Registrar under section 11B; (d) prescribing the manner in which a Register may be maintained under section 19B and the particulars which it may contain; (e) prescribed the particulars in which an annual statement to be furnished by the publisher of a newspaper to the Press Registrar may contain; (f) prescribing the form and manner in which an annual statement under clause (a) of section 19D, or any returns, statistics or other information under section 19E, may be furnished to the Press Registrar; (g) prescribing the fees for furnishing copies of extracts from the Register and the manner in which such copies may be furnished; (h) prescribing the manner in which a certificate of registration may be issued in respect of a newspaper; (i) prescribing the form in which, and the time within which, annual reports may be prepared by the Press Registrar and forwarded to the Central Government. 4[(2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or 5[in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid] both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.]]
1. Ins. by Act 55 of 1955, s. 18 (w.e.f. 1-7-1956).
2. Ins. by Act 26 of 1960, s. 8 (w.e.f. 1-10-1960). 3. Subs. by s. 8, ibid., for clause (b) (w.e.f. 1-10-1960). 4. Subs. by s. 8, ibid., for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 1-10-1960). 5. Subs. by Act 20 of 1983, s. 2 and Schedule, for certain words (w.e.f. 15-3-1984). 1[(1)] In this Act, unless there shall be something repugnant in the subject
or context,--
"Book" includes every volume, part or division of a volume, and pamphlet, in any language, and every sheet of music, map, chart or plan separately printed 2***. 3* * * * * 4["editor" means the person who controls the selection of the matter that is published in a newspaper;] 5* * * * * "Magistrate" means any person exercising the full powers of a 6Magistrate, and includes a 7Magistrate of police 8***. 9["newspaper" means any printed periodical work containing public news or comments on public news;] 10* * * * * 11["paper" means any document, including a newspaper, other than a book; "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by the Central Government under section 20A; "Press Registrar" means the Registrar of newspapers for India appointed by the Central Government under section 19A and includes any other person appointed by the Central Government to perform all or any of the functions of the Press Registrar; printing includes cyclostyling and printing by lithography; Register means the Register of newspapers maintained under section 198.] 12[(2) Any reference in this Act to any law which is not in force in the State of Jammu and Kashmir shall, in relation to that State, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law in force in that State.] STATE AMENDMENT Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh (UTs).-- Section 1.--Omit sub-section (2). [Vide the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, notification No. S.O. 1123(E) dated (18-3-2020) and vide Union Territory of Ladakh Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, notification No. S.O. 3774(E), dated (23-10-2020).] STATE AMENDMENT KARNATAKA In section 1, for the words, "Magistrate of means any person exercising full powers of a magistrate and includes as magistrate of Police" the words, "Magistrate" means Judicial Magistrate shall be substituted. [Vide Karnataka Act 13 of 1956, s. 67 and Schedule]
1. Section 1 re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 16 of 1965, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-11-1965).
2. The words "or lithographed" omitted by Act 55 of 1955, s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-7-1956). 3. Definition of "British India" rep. by the A.O. 1937, see now the definition in s. 3(5) of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897). 4. Ins. by Act 14 of 1922, s. 3 and the First Schedule. 5. Definition of "India" omitted by Act 16 of 1965, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-11-1965). 6. Now Magistrate of the first class, see the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974). 7. Now Presidency Magistrate, see ibid. 8. The words "and a Justice of the Peace" rep. by Act 10 of 1890, s. 2. 9. Ins. by Act 14 of 1922, s. 3 and the First Schedule. 10. Paragraphs relating to the definitions of "Number" and "Gender" rep. by Act 10 of 1914, s. 3 and Sch. II; definition of "Local Government" rep. by the A.O. 1937 and the definition of "States" ins. by the A.O. 1950 was rep. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and Sch. 11. Ins. by Act 55 of 1955, s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-7-1956). 12. Ins. by Act 16 of 1965, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-11-1965). |
