NEWS AGENCIES REGISTRATION REGULATIONS

NEWS AGENCIES REGISTRATION REGULATIONS

NEWS AGENCIES REGISTRATION REGULATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

Regulation Page

1.......................................Citation A 2
2.......................................Application A 2
3.......................................Registration of news agencies A 2

4. Particulars to be furnished to Registrar ....................... A 2

5.......................................Particulars to be certified by proprietor, etc . A 2

6. Substituted particulars to be furnished and certified when any change occurs

or any inaccuracy is discovered ...A 2

7. Change of identity of editor ................................ A 3

8. How a certificate is to he given in the case of a company or firm A 3
9. Printing and publication prohibited unless regulations are complied with A 3
10.......................................News agency register A 3
11.......................................Fees for search inspection and extract from news agency A 3
12.......................................Copies of particulars A 3
13.......................................Registration fees, etc . A 4

14. Exemption .................................... A 4

15.......................................Offences and penalties A 4
Schedule..................................Forms A4





NEWS AGENCIES REGISTRATION REGULATIONS
(Cap. 268, section 18)
[1 July 1951]

15 of 1951, Second Schedule, Part III- G.N.A. 27/54, 57 of 1955, L.N. 1/78, L.N. 94/88

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the News Agencies Registration
Regulations.

Application

2. These regulations shall apply to any news agency in respect of the
bulletins of which the Registrar has under regulation 18 of the Newspapers
Registration and Distribution Regulations (Cap. 268, sub. leg.) declared himself
to be satisfied that they are distributed in Hong Kong only to local newspapers
registered under such regulations.
(L.N. 94/88)

Registration of news agencies

3. Every news agency shall be registered in accordance with these
regulations.

Particulars to he furnished to Registrar

4. In order to effect registration, one of the persons specified in
regulation 5 shall furnish to the Registrar the particulars specified in Form 1
in the Schedule and such other particulars of the proprietor and manager
of the news agency and the printer, publisher or editor of the bulletin dis-
tributed by the news agency as the Registrar shall in his absolute discretion
require and shall certify the correctness of such particulars and of his own
description.
(L.N. 94/88)

Particulars to be certified by proprietor, etc.

5. The particulars specified shall be furnished and certified by the
proprietor or manager of the news agency.

Substituted particulars to be furnished and certified when
any change occurs or any inaccuracy is discovered

6. If any change occurs or if any inaccuracy is discovered, in any of
the specified particulars, the persons specified in regulation 5 shall, within
7 days, furnish to the Registrar substituted particulars in Form 2 in the
Schedule noting any change in the particulars furnished under regulation 4 and
shall certify the correctness of such substituted particulars and of their own
descriptions: (L.N. 94/88)





Provided that if one of such persons complies with the requirements of this
regulation the obligations imposed by this regulation on any other person shall
be deemed to have been discharged as regards the substituted particulars so
furnished.

Change of identity of editor
7. A change shall be deemed to have occurred in the identity of the editor
if the editor is absent from Hong Kong or if he ceases substantially to exercise
the functions of an editor.
(L.N. 94/88)

How a certificate is to be given in the case of a company
or firm

8. If the particulars are furnished by a company the certificate shall be
given by a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company, and if
the particulars are furnished by a firm the certificate shall be given by a partner
of the firm.

Printing and publication probibited unless regulations are
complied with

9. No person shall print or publish or act as editor of, or continue to
print or publish or act as editor of, any news agency unless all the requirements
of these regulations with respect to such news agency have been complied with.

News agency register

10. The particulars furnished in accordance with the provisions of these
regulations shall be kept by the Registrar as a register of news agencies.
(L.N. 94/88)

Fees for search inspection and extract from news agency
11. Any person may search and inspect any news agency register on
payment of $15 for every such search and inspection, and any person may
require an extract from any news agency register to be certified by the Registrar
on payment of $65 for every such extract.
(L.N. 94/88)

Copies of particulars

12. The Registrar shall-

(a)upon the registration of a news agency following the furnishing under
regulation 4 of particulars specified in Form 1 in the Schedule; and
(b)upon the furnishing under regulation 6 of substituted particulars
specified in Form 2 in the Schedule,
send by post a copy of Form 1 or Form 2, as the case may be, to each person
named therein.
(L.N. 94/88)





Registration fees, etc.

13. (1) A fee of $450 shall be payable on registration under regulation 3.

(2) An annual fee of $450 shall be payable for every year other than the first
during which such registration remains in force and shall become due on the
anniversary of the day upon which the registration was effected.

(3) A fee of $45 shall be payable on every occasion upon which substituted
particulars are furnished under regulation 6.

(L.N. 94188)

Exemption

14. (1) The Registrar may exempt any news agency from all or any of the
provisions of these regulations.

(2) Any person seeking exemption of a news agency under paragraph (1) who
is aggrieved by a decision of the Registrar under that paragraph may appeal by way
of petition to the Governor who

(a)may regard such petition as being complete for the purposes of
considering the appeal; and

(b)may confirm, vary or reverse such decision or substitute therefor such
other decision or make such other order as he may think fit.

(3) The right of appeal provided by paragraph (2) shall not be exercisable by
any person after the expiration of 7 days from the notification to him in writing of the
Registrar's decision.

(L.N. 94188)

Offences and penalties

15. Any person who contravenes regulation 3, 4, 5, 6 or 9 shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $1,000 and to
imprisonment for 6 months.

(G.N.A. 27154; L.N. 94188)

SCHEDULE [regs. 4, 6 and 121

FORM 1

REGISTRATION OF LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ORDINANCE

(Chapter 268)

NEWS AGENCIES REGISTRATION REGULATIONS

PARTICULARS OF PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER
OF NEWS AGENCY AND PRINTER, PUBLISHER
AND EDITOR OF BULLETIN

Name of news agency
.......................................................................................................................
Address of news agency
.....................................................................................................................





Full name of proprietor ....................................
....................................

Business address of proprietor ...................
........................................................................

....................... . Tel.:

*Hong Kong identity card no. of proprietor ..........................................
Signature or seal of proprietor .........................................

Full name of manager
.......................................................................................................................

Business address of manager ........................................................................................................
.....

................................................................. ............................
Tel.:

*Hong Kong identity card no. of manager .................
............................

Signature or seal of manager ...................................
Full name of printer of bulletin .................................................
..................................................

Business address of printer
..............................................................................................

............... .......... Tel.:

*Hong Kong identity card no, of printer
...........................................................................................

Signature or seal of printer ..........................................
Full name of publisher of bulletin ...................................
............................
Business address of publisher ............
......................

................................................................. Tel.:

*Hong Kong identity card no. of publisher ...

Signature or seal of publisher .....................................................................................................
.......

Full name of editor of bulletin .......

Business address of editor
..................................................................................................................

............. ....... ............................... Tel.:

*Hong Kong identity card no. of editor ............

Signature or seal of editor ....
..........................................................................

I certify that the above particulars and my description are correct.

**Signature of informant: ............. ................................
Description of informant:







(proprietor/manager/
or otherwise)

Date: ......................................

Note: *(i) Where no Hong Kong identity card is held a passport or other travel document
no. should be
inserted.
In the case of a company or other body corporate the company registration no. should be inserted.
**(ii) In the case of a company or other body corporate the informant should be a director,
manager,
secretary or other officer of that company or body corporate.
In the case of a firm or partnership the informant should be a partner of that firm or partnership.





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FORM 2

REGISTRATION OF LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ORDINANCE

(Chapter 268)

NEWS AGENCIES REGISTRATION REGULATIONS

CHANGE OF PARTICULARS OF NEWS

AGENCY OR BULLETIN
***Date of
Particulars Existing SubstitutedChange

Name of news agency................................................ ..........................................
Address of news agency............................................. ..........................................

............ ..........................................
............ ..........................................

Full name of proprietor............................................ ....................................

Business address of

proprietor........................................................ ..........................................

............ ..........................................
............ ..........................................

Tel.: ......Tel.:

*Hong Kong identity

card no. of proprietor............................................ ..........................................

Signature or seal of new

proprietor ........................................................
Full name of manager............................................... ..........................................

Business address of

manager .......................................... ..........................................

............ ..........................................
............ ..........................................

Tel.:...........................................
Tel.:...........................................





***Date
of
Particulars Existing Substituted
Change

*Hong Kong identity
card no. of manager ............................

Signature or seal of
new manager

Full name of printer of
bulletin ............................

Business address of
printer ..........................................

............ ..........................................

Tel.: ......Tel.:

*Hong Kong identity

card no. of printer............................................... ..........................................

Signature or seal of new

printer ........................................................

Full name of publisher

of bulletin....................................................... ..........................................

Business address of

publisher .......................................... ..........................................

............

Tel.: ......Tel.:

*Hong Kong identity

card no. of publisher............................................. ........................................

Signature or seal of new

publisher ......................................................

Full name of editor of

bulletin .......................................... ........................................

Business address of

editor .......................................... ..........................................

............

Tel.:...........................................
Tel.:...........................................

*Hong Kong identity

card no. of editor ................................................







Signature or seal of new
editor ..........................................

1 certify that the above particulars and my description are
correct.

**Signature of informant:
..................................................

Description of informant:
...............................................

(proprietor/manager
/ or otherwise)

Date:..............................................
.......................................





Note: *(i) Where no Hong Kong identity card is held a passport or other travel document
no. should be
inserted.
In the case of a company or other body corporate the company registration no. should be inserted.
**(ii)In the case of a company or other body corporate the informant should be a director, manager,
secretary or other officer of that company or body corporate.
In the case of a firm or partnership the informant should be a partner of that firm or partnership.
***(iii) Insert 'No change' where furnished particulars remain unchanged.






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