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ACT XI.
[A.D. 1835.
Declaration to be
made by the printers
and publishers of pe-
riodicals containing
news.
Penalty for breach of
the foregoing rule.
Copy of declaration
to be evidence.
A rule, ordinance, and Regulation for the good order and civil
government of the settlement of Fort William, in Bengal, passed in
Council 14th March, registered in the Supreme Court of Judicature 4th
April, 1823.
[Bombay.]
II. And be it enacted, that after the said 15th day of Sep-
tember, 1835, no printed periodical work whatever, containing public
news, or comments on public news, shall be published within the territo-
ries of the East-India Company, except in conformity with the rules here-
inafter laid down.
The printer and the publisher of every such periodical work shall
appear before the magistrate of the jurisdiction within which such work
shall be published, and shall make and subscribe, in duplicate, the following
declaration :
" I, A. B., declare that I am the printer (or publisher, or printer and
publisher) of the periodical work entitled , and printed
(or published, or printed and published) at ." And the
last blank in this form of declaration shall be filled up with a true and
precise account of the premises where the printing or publication is
conducted.
As often as the place of printing or publication is changed, a
new declaration shall be necessary.
As often as the printer or the publisher, who shall have made
such declaration as is aforesaid, shall leave the territories of the East-India
Company, a new declaration from a printer or publisher resident within
the said territories, shall be necessary.
III. And be it enacted, that whoever shall print or publish any such
periodical work as is hereinbefore described, without conforming to the
rules hereinbefore laid down, or whoever shall print or publish, or shall
cause to be printed or published, any such periodical work, knowing that
the said rules have not been observed with respect to that work, shall, on
conviction, be punished with fine to an amount not exceeding five <
thousand rupees, and imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.
IV. And be it enacted, that each of the two originals of every declara-
tion, so made and subscribed as is aforesaid, shall be authenticated by the
signature and official seal of the magistrate before whom the said decla-
ration shall have been made, and one of the said originals shall be
deposited among the records of the office of the magistrate, and the other
original shall be deposited among the records of the Supreme Court of
Judicature, or other King's Court within the jurisdiction of which the said
declaration shall have been made; and the officer in charge of each
original shall allow any person to inspect that original, on payment of a
fee of one rupee, and shall give to any person applying a copy of the said
declaration, attested by the seal of the court which has the custody of the
original, on payment of a fee of two rupees.
V. And be it enacted, that in any legal proceeding whatever, as well
ACT XI.
[A.D. 1835.
Declaration to be
made by the printers
and publishers of pe-
riodicals containing
news.
Penalty for breach of
the foregoing rule.
Copy of declaration
to be evidence.
A rule, ordinance, and Regulation for the good order and civil
government of the settlement of Fort William, in Bengal, passed in
Council 14th March, registered in the Supreme Court of Judicature 4th
April, 1823.
[Bombay.]
II. And be it enacted, that after the said 15th day of Sep-
tember, 1835, no printed periodical work whatever, containing public
news, or comments on public news, shall be published within the territo-
ries of the East-India Company, except in conformity with the rules here-
inafter laid down.
The printer and the publisher of every such periodical work shall
appear before the magistrate of the jurisdiction within which such work
shall be published, and shall make and subscribe, in duplicate, the following
declaration :
" I, A. B., declare that I am the printer (or publisher, or printer and
publisher) of the periodical work entitled , and printed
(or published, or printed and published) at ." And the
last blank in this form of declaration shall be filled up with a true and
precise account of the premises where the printing or publication is
conducted.
As often as the place of printing or publication is changed, a
new declaration shall be necessary.
As often as the printer or the publisher, who shall have made
such declaration as is aforesaid, shall leave the territories of the East-India
Company, a new declaration from a printer or publisher resident within
the said territories, shall be necessary.
III. And be it enacted, that whoever shall print or publish any such
periodical work as is hereinbefore described, without conforming to the
rules hereinbefore laid down, or whoever shall print or publish, or shall
cause to be printed or published, any such periodical work, knowing that
the said rules have not been observed with respect to that work, shall, on
conviction, be punished with fine to an amount not exceeding five <
thousand rupees, and imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.
IV. And be it enacted, that each of the two originals of every declara-
tion, so made and subscribed as is aforesaid, shall be authenticated by the
signature and official seal of the magistrate before whom the said decla-
ration shall have been made, and one of the said originals shall be
deposited among the records of the office of the magistrate, and the other
original shall be deposited among the records of the Supreme Court of
Judicature, or other King's Court within the jurisdiction of which the said
declaration shall have been made; and the officer in charge of each
original shall allow any person to inspect that original, on payment of a
fee of one rupee, and shall give to any person applying a copy of the said
declaration, attested by the seal of the court which has the custody of the
original, on payment of a fee of two rupees.
V. And be it enacted, that in any legal proceeding whatever, as well