BOOKS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE

BOOKS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

BOOKS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 142





CHAPTER 142

BOOKS REGISTRATION

To provide.for the registration andpreservation of copies of booksfirst
printed, produced or published in Hong Kong.

[26 September 1976.]

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

2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-

'book' includes---

(a) every volume, part or division of a volume;

(b)every magazine, journal. annual report. or other similar
kind of periodical publication; and

(c)every pamphlet, sheet of music. map, chart, table or plan
which is separately printed or produced,

but does not include any book specified in the Schedule;

---newbook- means a book which---

(a) after the commencement of this Ordinance is either---
(i) printed or produced for the first time in Hong Kong:
or
(5) published for the first time in Hong Kong, regard-
less of where it was originally printed or produced; or

(b)is a photographic copy photographically copied in Hong
Kong for the first time after the commencement of this
Ordinance from a book printed, produced or published
outside Hong Kong,

'publisher' means-
(a)in the case of a book published in Hong Kong, the
publisher thereof or his agent in Flong Kong;

(b)in the case of a book printed or produced in, but not
published in, Hong Kong, the agent in Hong Kong of the
publisher or, in the absence of an agent, the person
primarily responsible for the printing or production of the
book;

(c.)in the case of a photographic copy of a book. the agent in
Hong Kong of the publisher or. in the absence of an agent.
the person in Hong Kong primarily responsible for the
photographic copying of the book;

---Secretary' means the Secretary for Municipal Services. (Added,
L.N. 67/85)
(Amended, L.N. 67/85)





3. (1) The publisher of a new book shall. within 1 month
after the book is published, printed. produced or otherwise rnade in
Hong ~Cong. deliver to the Secretary free of charge 5 copies of the
book, together with all maps, prints or other engravings belonging
thereto, properly bound, sewed or stitched and produced on the best
paper on which the book and any map, print other engraving thereto
is printed or produced.

(2) The publisher of the book shall, within such period after
delivery of copies of the book as the Secretary may specify. forward
to the Secretary in writing such particulars of the book as the
Secretary may require to enable him to register the book in accord-
ance with section 5.

(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of
52.000,
(Anjended, L.N. 67/85)

4. After receipt of the copies of a new book delivered to him
under section 3, the Secretary shall--- (Amended, L.N. 6~i85)

(a)register the particulars of the book in accordance with
section 5. and

(b) send 1 copy of the book to-
(i) the British Library Board, London; and
(11) the City Hall Library. Hong Kong or such other
library as he may approve; and

(c)give the remaining copies of the book to any public
cultural or educational body as he may select or otherwise
dispose of them in such other manner as he thinks fit.

5. (1) The Secretary shall maintain a register of every new
book delivered to him under section 3.

(2) The register shall be in such form and contain such
particulars of each book to be registered as the Secretary thinks fit.
(Aniended, L.N. 671/85)

6. The Governor may by order published in the Gazette
amend the Schedule.

SCHEDULE [ss. 2 and 6.]
Books nol required.for registration
1 . A newspaper which issues its editions not less than 4 times a week.
2. Any book which will not he made available to the public at large.

3.A publication which consists solely of a price list. sale catalogue. trade circular or
trade advertisement,
Originally 60 of 1976. L.N. 67/85. L.N. 246/76. Short title. Interpretation. Schedule. Delivery to Secretary of copies of every new book. Registration and disposal of copies of new books. Register of books published, printed or produced in Hong Kong. Amendment of Schedule.

Originally 60 of 1976. L.N. 67/85. L.N. 246/76. Short title. Interpretation. Schedule. Delivery to Secretary of copies of every new book. Registration and disposal of copies of new books. Register of books published, printed or produced in Hong Kong. Amendment of Schedule.

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