BOOKS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE

BOOKS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 142.

BOOKS REGISTRATION.

To provide for the registration of, and the preservation of copies of
books printed in the Colony.

[2nd April, 1888.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Books Registration
Ordinance.

2. In this Ordinance, '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 or
lithographed, but does not include any publication which consists
merely of a price list, sale catalogue, annual report, trade
circular or trade advertisement.

3. (1) Three copies of the whole of every book which is
printed in the Colony together with all maps, prints, or other
engravings belonging thereto, finished and coloured in the same
manner as the best copies of the same are produced, and also of
any second or Subsequent edition which is so produced, with
any additions or alterations whether the same are in letter-press
or in the maps, prints, or other engravings belonging thereto,
shall within one month after the (lay in which any such book is
first delivered

out of the press, aNd notwithstanding any agreement (iF he book
is published) between the printer and the publisher thereof, be
delivered, free of any charge, claim, or demand whatsoever by
the printer, bound, sewed, or stitched together, and on the best
paper on which the same is printed, to the officer mentioned in
section 5, who shall give a receipt for the same.

(2) The publisher or other person employing the printer shall
at a reasonable time before the expiration of the said month,
supply such printer with all maps, prints, and engravings, finished
and coloured as aforesaid, which may be necessary to enable
him to comply with the requirements aforesaid.

4. One of such copies shall be transmitted to the keeper of
Printed Books at the British Museum, London,





another copy shall be disposed of as the Governor may,
by general or special order, direct, and the remaining copy,
shall, after a mernorandum containing the particulars
respecting the book has been registered as hereinafter
provided, be deposited in such public library or be otherwise
disposed of as the Governor may deterniine. [5]

5. (1) There shall be kept by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs at
his office, or by such other person as the Governor may appoint, a
book to be called 'A Catalogue of Books printed in Hong Kong,'
wherein shall be registered a memorandum of every book which may
have been delivered pursuant to section 3.

(2) Such memorandum shall be made as soon as possible after the
delivery of the copies thereof, and shall, so far as practicable, contain
the following particulars

(a)the title of the book and the contents of the title page, with a
translation into English of such title and contents, when the
same are not in the English language;

(b) the language in which the book is written

(c)the name of the author, translator, or editor of the book or
any part thereof;

(d) the subject

(e)the place of printing and the place of publication the name or
firm of the printer aiid the nanie or firm of the publisher;

(g) the date of issue from the press;

(h) the number of sheets, leaves, or pages

(i) the size ;

(j) the first, second, or other number of the edition

(k) the number of copies of which the edition consists;

(l) the manner in which the book is produced;

(m) the price at which the book is old to the public and

(n) the name and residence of the proprietor of the copy-
right or of any portion of the copyright. [61

6. The memoranda so registered shall be published in the
Gazette as soon as may be after the end of each quarter, and four
copies of the memoranda sliall be sent to the Librarian at the
Commonwealth Relations Office, London, two copies shall be sent to
the Librarian at the Colonial





Office Library, London, and two copies shall be sent to
the Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum,
London. [7]

7.Any printer, and any publisher or other person

employing any printer, who neglects to comply with the
provisions of this Ordinance, shall upon summary convic-
tion be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars. [8]

8. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make
such rules as may be necessary for carrying out the objects of
this Ordinance, and, by notification in the Gazette, to exclude
any class of books from the operation

of this Ordinance or any part thereof. [11]
Originally 10 of 1888. Fraser 2 of 1888. 22 of 1950. 24 of 1950. Short title. Interpretation. Delivery to appointed officer of three copies of book printed in the Colony. Disposal of copies. [s. 4 cont.] Catalogue of books printed in the Colony. Publication of memoranda registered. 24 of 1950, Schedule. Penalties. 22 of 1950, Schedule. Rules. Governor in Council may exclude any class of books.

Originally 10 of 1888. Fraser 2 of 1888. 22 of 1950. 24 of 1950. Short title. Interpretation. Delivery to appointed officer of three copies of book printed in the Colony. Disposal of copies. [s. 4 cont.] Catalogue of books printed in the Colony. Publication of memoranda registered. 24 of 1950, Schedule. Penalties. 22 of 1950, Schedule. Rules. Governor in Council may exclude any class of books.

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