PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS ORDINANCE, 1886
Title
PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS ORDINANCE, 1886
Description
ORDINANCE No. 4 OF 1886.
Printers and Publishers
AN ORDINANCE to regulate the Printing of Newspapers and
Books and the Keeping of Printing Presses.
[12th July, 1886.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Printers and Publishers Ordinance,
1886.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,-
'The Registrar' mean the Registrar of the Supreme Court or
either of the Deputy Registrars thereof for the time being;
'Newspaper' means any paper containing public news, intelliprinted
for sale and published in the Colony, periodically or in parts
or numbers at intervals not exceeding twenty-six days between the
publication of any two such papers, parts, or numbers, also any
paper, printed in order to be distributed and made public weekly or
oftener or at intervals not exceeding twenty-six days, containing
only or principally advertisement;
'Book' means every volume, part or division of a volume, pamphlet,
sheet of letter press, sheet of music, map, chart, or plan,
separately printed or published in the Colony, containing literary,
scientific, artistic, or musical composition, matter, or work;
'Proprietor' means and includes as well the sole proprietor of any
newspaper as also, in the case of a divided proprietorship, the persons
who, as partners or otherwise, represent and are responsible for
any share or interest in the newspaper as between themselves and
the persons in like manner representing or responsible for the other
shares or interests therein, and no other person;
'Place of Residence' or 'Place of Business' includes the street,
square, or place where the person to whom it refers resides or carries
on business, as the case may be, and the number, if any, or
other designation of the house in which he so resides or carries on
business;
'Newspaper Register' means the books to be kept by the Registrar
for the purpose of making and registering all declarations required
or permitted to be made by this Ordinance, and such books shall
contain printed copies of the forms prescribed by this Ordinance to
be filled up by the Registrar and signed by the party making the
declaration.
PART I.
PRINTERS, PUBLISHERS, AND PROPRIETORS.
3. From and after the expiration of seven days from the commencement
of this Ordinance, no newspaper shall be printed or published
within the Colony except in conformity with the provisions hereinafter
contained; that is to say,-
(1.) the printer and publisher of every newspaper shall appear before
the Registrar and shall make and subscribe in the Newspaper Register
a declaration according to the Form No. 1 in the Schedule
of this Ordinance;
(2.) as often as the place of printing or publication is changed, a new
declaration shall be necessary; and
(3.) as often as the printer or publisher who has made the aforesaid
declaration leaves the Colony permanently or temporarily, or,
although in the Colony, is imprisoned or otherwise incapacitated
from being or ceases to be the actual printer or publisher for the
time being, a declaration from the actual printer or publisher resident
within the Colony shall be necessary.
4. Every person who-
(1.) prints or publishes any newspaper without conforming to the
provisions of the last preceding section; or
(2.) prints and publishes, or causes to be printed or published, any
newspaper, knowing that the said provisions have not been complied
with.
shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one thousand
dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
5. If any person who has made and subscribed the declaration prescribed
by section 3 ceases to be the printer or publisher of the newspaper
mentioned in such declaration, he may appear before the Registrar
and make and subscribe a declaration in the Newspaper Register according
to the Form No. 2. in the Schedule to this Ordinance.
6. On every change of the proprietor of any newspaper or on every
transfer or transmission of or dealing therein whereby any person ceases
to be a proprietor or any new proprietor is introduced, it shall be the
duty of the printers and publishers for the time being of such newspaper,
within twenty-one days from the time of such change, transfer,
or transmission as aforesaid, to appear before the Registrar and subscribe
a declaration in the Newspaper Register according to the Form No. 3 in
the Schedule to this Ordinance.
7. If, within the said period of twenty-one days, such declaration is
not made, then each printer and publisher of such newspaper shall, on
conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred and fifty
dollars.
8. Any party to transfer to transmission of or dealing with any
share of on interest in any newspaper, whereby any person ceases to be a
proprietor or any new proprietor is introduced, may at any time make
or cause to be made the declaration prescribed by section 6.
9. Where, in the opinion of the Governor-in-Council, inconvenience
would arise or be caused in any case from making a declaration of the
names of all the proprietors of a newspaper (either owing to minority,
coverture, absence from the Colony, minute subdivision of shares, or
other special circumstances), it shall be lawful for the printers or publishers
of such newspaper, om the order of the Governor-in-Council, to
make such declaration with the name or names of some one or more
representative proprietors.
10. The provisions hereinbefore contained in reference to the proprietor
of any newspaper shall not extend or apply to any newspaper
which belongs to a joint-stock company duly incorporated under the
Ordinances relating to joint-stock companies.
11.-(1.) Every person who prints any newspaper, paper, or book for
hire, reward, gain, or profit shall carefully preserve and keep one copy
(at least) of every newspaper, paper, or book so printed by him, on
which he shall write or print, or cause to be written or printed, in legible
characters, the name and place of residence of the person or persons by
whom he is employed to print the same, and shall keep and preserve the
same for the space of six months after the printing thereof, and shall
produce and show the same to a Police Magistrate of the Colony, if
required to do so within the said six months.
(2.) Every person who omits or neglects any of the provisions of this
section shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one
hundred dollars.
12.-(1.) Every person who prints any newspaper, paper, or book,
intended to be distributed or made public, shall print upon the front of
every such newspaper or paper, if the same is printed on one side only,
or upon the first or last leaf of every newspaper, paper, or book, which
consists of more than one leaf, in legible characters, his name and usual
place of residence or business.
(2.) Every person who distributes or publishes, or assists to distribute
or publish, any such newspaper, paper, or book without fulfilling the
requirements of this section shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty
not exceeding twenty-five dollars for every copy of such newspaper,
paper, or book so printed, distributed, or published by him.
13.-(1.) Every person who prints or publishes, or causes to be printed
or published, any newspaper shall, prior to such printing or publishing,
enter into a bond before the Registrar, together with two sufficient sureties
to the satisfaction of the Registrar, such printer or publisher or
printer and publisher in the sum of twelve hundred dollars and such
sureties jointly in a like sum, conditioned that such printer or publisher
or printer and publisher shall pay every time or penalty as may at any
time be imposed upon or adjudged against him, or any person acting for
him in his absence, by reason of any conviction for printing or publishing
or printing and publishing any libel at any time after the entering
into such bond and also all costs of such conviction; and further conditioned
that every such printer or publisher or printer and publisher shall
pay all such damages and costs as may be recovered or arise in any action
for libel published in such newspaper.
(2.) Every person not covered by such bond who prints or publishes,
or causes to be printed or published, any newspaper without having entered
into such bond with such sureties as aforesaid shall, on conviction,
for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred
dollars, together with the costs of conviction.
14. Every bond so given as aforesaid may be sued on in the name of
the Attorney General of the Colony in any case of indictment or informa-
tion and of the plaintiff or plaintiffs in any action for libel in which
damages may be recovered.
15. In every case in which any surety in any such bond as aforesaid
has been required to pay and has paid the whole or any part of the sum
for which he has become surety, or in case he becomes bankrupt or ceases
to reside in the Colony, then and in every such case the person for whom
such surety has been bound shall not print or publish any newspaper
until he has entered into a new bond with sufficient sureties in the manner
and to the amount aforesaid; and in case he prints or publishes any
such newspaper without having executed such new bond as aforesaid, he
shall, on conviction, for every such offence be liable to a penalty not
exceeding one hundred dollars, together with the costs of conviction.
16.-(1.) If any surety as aforesaid is desirous of withdrawing from
such bond, it shall be lawful for him to do so on giving twenty days'
previous notice in writing to the Registrar and also to his principal; and
in every such case such surety shall, on the expiration of such notice,
cease to be liable upon such bond except for any penalty or penalties,
damages or costs, for or in respect of any libel which may have
of such notice and for which he would otherwise have been liable under
such bond.
(2.) In every such case, the person for whom such surety has been
bound shall not print or publish any newspaper until he has executed a
new bond with sufficient sureties in the manner and to the amount aforesaid;
and in case he prints or publishes any such newspaper without
having entered into such new bond as aforesaid, he shall, on conviction,
for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred
dollars, together with the costs of conviction.
17. All bonds entered into in pursuance of this Ordinance shall, upon
execution, be deposited with the Registrar for safe custody.
PART II.
PRINTING PRESSES.
18.-(1.) From and after the expiration of seven days from the commencement
of this Ordinance, no person shall within the Colony keep in
his possession any press for the printing of newspapers, books, or papers
who has not made and subscribed before the Registrar in the Newspaper
Register a declaration according to the Form No. in the Schedule to
this Ordinance, such declaration to be made in like manner as in prescribed
for the declarations hereinbefore mentioned.
(2.) Every person who keeps in his possession any such press without
making such declaration shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty not
exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding
six months.
PART III.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
19. Any person shall be liberty to search and inspect the Newspaper
Register from time to time during the hours of business of the Supreme
Court, on payment of one dollar for every such search and inspection;
and any person may require a copy of any entry or an extract from the
said book to be certified by the Registrar under the Seal of the Court,
on payment of two dollars for every such copy.
20. Every copy of an entry in or extract from the Newspaper
Register, purporting to be certified by the Registrar under the Seal
of the Court, shall be received as conclusive evidence of the contents
of the said Register so far as the same appear in such copy or extract,
without proof of the signature thereto or of the Seal of the Court affixed
thereto; and every such certified copy or extract shall in all proceedings,
civil or criminal, be accepted as sufficient prima facie evidence of all the
matters and things thereby appearing, unless and until the contrary
thereof is shown.
21. If any person knowingly and wilfully makes or causes to be made
any declaration by this Ordinance required or permitted to be made in
which there is any untruth or misrepresentation, or from which there is
any omission, in respect of any of the particulars by this Ordinance
required to be contained therein, whereby such declaration is misleading,
or if any proprietor of a newspaper knowingly and wilfully permits any
declaration under section 3 or section 6 to be made which is misleading
with reference to his own name, occupation, place of business, if any,
or place of residence, every such offender, being convicted thereof, shall
be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
22. This Ordinance shall not extend or apply to the impression of any
engraving, or to the printing by letter-press of the name or of the name
and address or business or profession of any person, or of the article in
which he deals, or of any paper containing an advertisement of the sale
of any estates or goods by auction or otherwise, or of ordinary business
notices or advertisements.
23. All penalties under this Ordinance may be recovered summarily
before a Police Magistrate according to the laws for the time being in
foce in the Colony regulating summary procedure.
24. No person shall be prosecuted or sued for any penalty imposed
by this Ordinance unless such prosecution is commenced or such action
is brought within six months next after such penalty has been incurred;
nor unless such prosecution or action is commenced, prosecuted,
entered, or filed in the name of the Attorney General of the Colony and
with his assent.
SCHEDULE
FORMS.
FORM NO. 1.
Declaration by Printer or Publisher.
I, [here state full name and address] declare that I am the printer [or
publisher or printer and publisher, as the case may be] of the newspaper entitled
[here insert name of paper] and printed [or published or printed and published,
as the case may be] at Hongkong; the premises where such printing
[or publication or printing and publication] is [or are] carried on are situate
at [here describe them precisely]; and I further declare that [here state the
full name or names of the proprietor or proprietors or representative proprietors]
is [or are] the proprietor [or proprietors or representative proprietors]
of the said newspaper [here state their respective occupations, places
of business, if any, and place of residence.]
(Signed.)
Declared, &c.,
[L.S.] (Signed.)
Registrar.
FORM NO. 2
Declaration on ceasting to be Printer or Publisher.
I, [here state full name and address] declare that I have ceased to be the
printer [or publisher or printer and publisher] of the newspaper entitled
[here insert name of paper.]
(Signed.)
Declared, &c.,
[L.S.] (Signed.)
Registrar.
FORM NO. 3.
Declaration on ceasing to be Proprietor, etc.
I, [here state full name and address] the printer [or publisher or printer
and publisher] of the newspaper entitled [here insert name of paper] declare
that [state full name] has ceased to be the proprietor [or a proprietor]
of the said newspaper entitled [here insert name of paper] and that [state
full names with his or their occupation, place of business, if any, and place
of residence] is [or are] now the proprietor [or proprietors] thereof.
(Signed.)
Declared, &c.
[L.S.] (Signed.)
Registrar.
FORM NO. 4.
Declaration by Possessor of Printing Press.
I, [here state full name and address] declare that I have a press for
printing at [here state the place where the press in kept, giving a true and
precise description of the premises.]
(Signed.)
Declared, &c.
[L.S.] (Signed.)
Registrar.
A.D. 1886. Ordinance No. 6 of 1886, with Ordinance No. 4 of 1891 incorporated.
Short title.
Interpretation of terms. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 1. 5 & 6 Vict.c. 45 s. 2. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 1. Requirements to be satisfied before printing or publication of newspaper. Ib.s.9. Schedule: Form No. 1. Penalty for non-observance of s. 3. Declaration on person ceasing to be printer, etc. Schedule: Form No. 2. Declaration on charge of proprietorship. Schedule: Form No. 3. Penalty for omission to make declaration required by s. 6. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 10. Parry to make declaration under s. 6. Schedule: Form No. 3 Ib.s.11. Authority to make declaration of some only of proprietors. Ib.s.7. Exception as to newspapers of companies. Ib.s.18. See Ordinance No.1 of 1865. Printer to keep copy of newspaper or book, and to produce same on request of Magistrate. 39 Geo. 3.c. 79 s. 29; 32 & 33 Vict.c. 21. Printer to printer his name and adress on newspaper or book. 2 & 3 Vict.c. 12 s. 2; 32 & 33 Vict.c. 24 Sch. Bond to be given by printer or publisher of newspaper. 60 Geo. 3c. 9; 1 Will. 4 c. 73; 32 & 33 Vict.c. 24. Right to sue on bond. Requirement as to new bond in certain cases. Withdrawal of surety. Custody of bond. Delcaration by possessor of printing press. Schedule: Form No. 4. Right to inspect Newspaper Register. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 13. Copy of entry, etc., in Newspaper Register to be evidence. Ib.s.15. Penalty for making wilful misrepresentation in declaration. Ib.s.12. General exceptions. 32 & 33 Vict.c. 24 Sch. Recovery of penalties. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 16. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890. Limitation of prosecution or action 39 Geo. 3c 79 s. 34. Section 3. Section 5. Section 6 and 8.
Section 18.
Printers and Publishers
AN ORDINANCE to regulate the Printing of Newspapers and
Books and the Keeping of Printing Presses.
[12th July, 1886.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Printers and Publishers Ordinance,
1886.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,-
'The Registrar' mean the Registrar of the Supreme Court or
either of the Deputy Registrars thereof for the time being;
'Newspaper' means any paper containing public news, intelliprinted
for sale and published in the Colony, periodically or in parts
or numbers at intervals not exceeding twenty-six days between the
publication of any two such papers, parts, or numbers, also any
paper, printed in order to be distributed and made public weekly or
oftener or at intervals not exceeding twenty-six days, containing
only or principally advertisement;
'Book' means every volume, part or division of a volume, pamphlet,
sheet of letter press, sheet of music, map, chart, or plan,
separately printed or published in the Colony, containing literary,
scientific, artistic, or musical composition, matter, or work;
'Proprietor' means and includes as well the sole proprietor of any
newspaper as also, in the case of a divided proprietorship, the persons
who, as partners or otherwise, represent and are responsible for
any share or interest in the newspaper as between themselves and
the persons in like manner representing or responsible for the other
shares or interests therein, and no other person;
'Place of Residence' or 'Place of Business' includes the street,
square, or place where the person to whom it refers resides or carries
on business, as the case may be, and the number, if any, or
other designation of the house in which he so resides or carries on
business;
'Newspaper Register' means the books to be kept by the Registrar
for the purpose of making and registering all declarations required
or permitted to be made by this Ordinance, and such books shall
contain printed copies of the forms prescribed by this Ordinance to
be filled up by the Registrar and signed by the party making the
declaration.
PART I.
PRINTERS, PUBLISHERS, AND PROPRIETORS.
3. From and after the expiration of seven days from the commencement
of this Ordinance, no newspaper shall be printed or published
within the Colony except in conformity with the provisions hereinafter
contained; that is to say,-
(1.) the printer and publisher of every newspaper shall appear before
the Registrar and shall make and subscribe in the Newspaper Register
a declaration according to the Form No. 1 in the Schedule
of this Ordinance;
(2.) as often as the place of printing or publication is changed, a new
declaration shall be necessary; and
(3.) as often as the printer or publisher who has made the aforesaid
declaration leaves the Colony permanently or temporarily, or,
although in the Colony, is imprisoned or otherwise incapacitated
from being or ceases to be the actual printer or publisher for the
time being, a declaration from the actual printer or publisher resident
within the Colony shall be necessary.
4. Every person who-
(1.) prints or publishes any newspaper without conforming to the
provisions of the last preceding section; or
(2.) prints and publishes, or causes to be printed or published, any
newspaper, knowing that the said provisions have not been complied
with.
shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one thousand
dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
5. If any person who has made and subscribed the declaration prescribed
by section 3 ceases to be the printer or publisher of the newspaper
mentioned in such declaration, he may appear before the Registrar
and make and subscribe a declaration in the Newspaper Register according
to the Form No. 2. in the Schedule to this Ordinance.
6. On every change of the proprietor of any newspaper or on every
transfer or transmission of or dealing therein whereby any person ceases
to be a proprietor or any new proprietor is introduced, it shall be the
duty of the printers and publishers for the time being of such newspaper,
within twenty-one days from the time of such change, transfer,
or transmission as aforesaid, to appear before the Registrar and subscribe
a declaration in the Newspaper Register according to the Form No. 3 in
the Schedule to this Ordinance.
7. If, within the said period of twenty-one days, such declaration is
not made, then each printer and publisher of such newspaper shall, on
conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred and fifty
dollars.
8. Any party to transfer to transmission of or dealing with any
share of on interest in any newspaper, whereby any person ceases to be a
proprietor or any new proprietor is introduced, may at any time make
or cause to be made the declaration prescribed by section 6.
9. Where, in the opinion of the Governor-in-Council, inconvenience
would arise or be caused in any case from making a declaration of the
names of all the proprietors of a newspaper (either owing to minority,
coverture, absence from the Colony, minute subdivision of shares, or
other special circumstances), it shall be lawful for the printers or publishers
of such newspaper, om the order of the Governor-in-Council, to
make such declaration with the name or names of some one or more
representative proprietors.
10. The provisions hereinbefore contained in reference to the proprietor
of any newspaper shall not extend or apply to any newspaper
which belongs to a joint-stock company duly incorporated under the
Ordinances relating to joint-stock companies.
11.-(1.) Every person who prints any newspaper, paper, or book for
hire, reward, gain, or profit shall carefully preserve and keep one copy
(at least) of every newspaper, paper, or book so printed by him, on
which he shall write or print, or cause to be written or printed, in legible
characters, the name and place of residence of the person or persons by
whom he is employed to print the same, and shall keep and preserve the
same for the space of six months after the printing thereof, and shall
produce and show the same to a Police Magistrate of the Colony, if
required to do so within the said six months.
(2.) Every person who omits or neglects any of the provisions of this
section shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one
hundred dollars.
12.-(1.) Every person who prints any newspaper, paper, or book,
intended to be distributed or made public, shall print upon the front of
every such newspaper or paper, if the same is printed on one side only,
or upon the first or last leaf of every newspaper, paper, or book, which
consists of more than one leaf, in legible characters, his name and usual
place of residence or business.
(2.) Every person who distributes or publishes, or assists to distribute
or publish, any such newspaper, paper, or book without fulfilling the
requirements of this section shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty
not exceeding twenty-five dollars for every copy of such newspaper,
paper, or book so printed, distributed, or published by him.
13.-(1.) Every person who prints or publishes, or causes to be printed
or published, any newspaper shall, prior to such printing or publishing,
enter into a bond before the Registrar, together with two sufficient sureties
to the satisfaction of the Registrar, such printer or publisher or
printer and publisher in the sum of twelve hundred dollars and such
sureties jointly in a like sum, conditioned that such printer or publisher
or printer and publisher shall pay every time or penalty as may at any
time be imposed upon or adjudged against him, or any person acting for
him in his absence, by reason of any conviction for printing or publishing
or printing and publishing any libel at any time after the entering
into such bond and also all costs of such conviction; and further conditioned
that every such printer or publisher or printer and publisher shall
pay all such damages and costs as may be recovered or arise in any action
for libel published in such newspaper.
(2.) Every person not covered by such bond who prints or publishes,
or causes to be printed or published, any newspaper without having entered
into such bond with such sureties as aforesaid shall, on conviction,
for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred
dollars, together with the costs of conviction.
14. Every bond so given as aforesaid may be sued on in the name of
the Attorney General of the Colony in any case of indictment or informa-
tion and of the plaintiff or plaintiffs in any action for libel in which
damages may be recovered.
15. In every case in which any surety in any such bond as aforesaid
has been required to pay and has paid the whole or any part of the sum
for which he has become surety, or in case he becomes bankrupt or ceases
to reside in the Colony, then and in every such case the person for whom
such surety has been bound shall not print or publish any newspaper
until he has entered into a new bond with sufficient sureties in the manner
and to the amount aforesaid; and in case he prints or publishes any
such newspaper without having executed such new bond as aforesaid, he
shall, on conviction, for every such offence be liable to a penalty not
exceeding one hundred dollars, together with the costs of conviction.
16.-(1.) If any surety as aforesaid is desirous of withdrawing from
such bond, it shall be lawful for him to do so on giving twenty days'
previous notice in writing to the Registrar and also to his principal; and
in every such case such surety shall, on the expiration of such notice,
cease to be liable upon such bond except for any penalty or penalties,
damages or costs, for or in respect of any libel which may have
of such notice and for which he would otherwise have been liable under
such bond.
(2.) In every such case, the person for whom such surety has been
bound shall not print or publish any newspaper until he has executed a
new bond with sufficient sureties in the manner and to the amount aforesaid;
and in case he prints or publishes any such newspaper without
having entered into such new bond as aforesaid, he shall, on conviction,
for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred
dollars, together with the costs of conviction.
17. All bonds entered into in pursuance of this Ordinance shall, upon
execution, be deposited with the Registrar for safe custody.
PART II.
PRINTING PRESSES.
18.-(1.) From and after the expiration of seven days from the commencement
of this Ordinance, no person shall within the Colony keep in
his possession any press for the printing of newspapers, books, or papers
who has not made and subscribed before the Registrar in the Newspaper
Register a declaration according to the Form No. in the Schedule to
this Ordinance, such declaration to be made in like manner as in prescribed
for the declarations hereinbefore mentioned.
(2.) Every person who keeps in his possession any such press without
making such declaration shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty not
exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding
six months.
PART III.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
19. Any person shall be liberty to search and inspect the Newspaper
Register from time to time during the hours of business of the Supreme
Court, on payment of one dollar for every such search and inspection;
and any person may require a copy of any entry or an extract from the
said book to be certified by the Registrar under the Seal of the Court,
on payment of two dollars for every such copy.
20. Every copy of an entry in or extract from the Newspaper
Register, purporting to be certified by the Registrar under the Seal
of the Court, shall be received as conclusive evidence of the contents
of the said Register so far as the same appear in such copy or extract,
without proof of the signature thereto or of the Seal of the Court affixed
thereto; and every such certified copy or extract shall in all proceedings,
civil or criminal, be accepted as sufficient prima facie evidence of all the
matters and things thereby appearing, unless and until the contrary
thereof is shown.
21. If any person knowingly and wilfully makes or causes to be made
any declaration by this Ordinance required or permitted to be made in
which there is any untruth or misrepresentation, or from which there is
any omission, in respect of any of the particulars by this Ordinance
required to be contained therein, whereby such declaration is misleading,
or if any proprietor of a newspaper knowingly and wilfully permits any
declaration under section 3 or section 6 to be made which is misleading
with reference to his own name, occupation, place of business, if any,
or place of residence, every such offender, being convicted thereof, shall
be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
22. This Ordinance shall not extend or apply to the impression of any
engraving, or to the printing by letter-press of the name or of the name
and address or business or profession of any person, or of the article in
which he deals, or of any paper containing an advertisement of the sale
of any estates or goods by auction or otherwise, or of ordinary business
notices or advertisements.
23. All penalties under this Ordinance may be recovered summarily
before a Police Magistrate according to the laws for the time being in
foce in the Colony regulating summary procedure.
24. No person shall be prosecuted or sued for any penalty imposed
by this Ordinance unless such prosecution is commenced or such action
is brought within six months next after such penalty has been incurred;
nor unless such prosecution or action is commenced, prosecuted,
entered, or filed in the name of the Attorney General of the Colony and
with his assent.
SCHEDULE
FORMS.
FORM NO. 1.
Declaration by Printer or Publisher.
I, [here state full name and address] declare that I am the printer [or
publisher or printer and publisher, as the case may be] of the newspaper entitled
[here insert name of paper] and printed [or published or printed and published,
as the case may be] at Hongkong; the premises where such printing
[or publication or printing and publication] is [or are] carried on are situate
at [here describe them precisely]; and I further declare that [here state the
full name or names of the proprietor or proprietors or representative proprietors]
is [or are] the proprietor [or proprietors or representative proprietors]
of the said newspaper [here state their respective occupations, places
of business, if any, and place of residence.]
(Signed.)
Declared, &c.,
[L.S.] (Signed.)
Registrar.
FORM NO. 2
Declaration on ceasting to be Printer or Publisher.
I, [here state full name and address] declare that I have ceased to be the
printer [or publisher or printer and publisher] of the newspaper entitled
[here insert name of paper.]
(Signed.)
Declared, &c.,
[L.S.] (Signed.)
Registrar.
FORM NO. 3.
Declaration on ceasing to be Proprietor, etc.
I, [here state full name and address] the printer [or publisher or printer
and publisher] of the newspaper entitled [here insert name of paper] declare
that [state full name] has ceased to be the proprietor [or a proprietor]
of the said newspaper entitled [here insert name of paper] and that [state
full names with his or their occupation, place of business, if any, and place
of residence] is [or are] now the proprietor [or proprietors] thereof.
(Signed.)
Declared, &c.
[L.S.] (Signed.)
Registrar.
FORM NO. 4.
Declaration by Possessor of Printing Press.
I, [here state full name and address] declare that I have a press for
printing at [here state the place where the press in kept, giving a true and
precise description of the premises.]
(Signed.)
Declared, &c.
[L.S.] (Signed.)
Registrar.
A.D. 1886. Ordinance No. 6 of 1886, with Ordinance No. 4 of 1891 incorporated.
Short title.
Interpretation of terms. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 1. 5 & 6 Vict.c. 45 s. 2. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 1. Requirements to be satisfied before printing or publication of newspaper. Ib.s.9. Schedule: Form No. 1. Penalty for non-observance of s. 3. Declaration on person ceasing to be printer, etc. Schedule: Form No. 2. Declaration on charge of proprietorship. Schedule: Form No. 3. Penalty for omission to make declaration required by s. 6. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 10. Parry to make declaration under s. 6. Schedule: Form No. 3 Ib.s.11. Authority to make declaration of some only of proprietors. Ib.s.7. Exception as to newspapers of companies. Ib.s.18. See Ordinance No.1 of 1865. Printer to keep copy of newspaper or book, and to produce same on request of Magistrate. 39 Geo. 3.c. 79 s. 29; 32 & 33 Vict.c. 21. Printer to printer his name and adress on newspaper or book. 2 & 3 Vict.c. 12 s. 2; 32 & 33 Vict.c. 24 Sch. Bond to be given by printer or publisher of newspaper. 60 Geo. 3c. 9; 1 Will. 4 c. 73; 32 & 33 Vict.c. 24. Right to sue on bond. Requirement as to new bond in certain cases. Withdrawal of surety. Custody of bond. Delcaration by possessor of printing press. Schedule: Form No. 4. Right to inspect Newspaper Register. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 13. Copy of entry, etc., in Newspaper Register to be evidence. Ib.s.15. Penalty for making wilful misrepresentation in declaration. Ib.s.12. General exceptions. 32 & 33 Vict.c. 24 Sch. Recovery of penalties. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 16. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890. Limitation of prosecution or action 39 Geo. 3c 79 s. 34. Section 3. Section 5. Section 6 and 8.
Section 18.
Abstract
A.D. 1886. Ordinance No. 6 of 1886, with Ordinance No. 4 of 1891 incorporated.
Short title.
Interpretation of terms. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 1. 5 & 6 Vict.c. 45 s. 2. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 1. Requirements to be satisfied before printing or publication of newspaper. Ib.s.9. Schedule: Form No. 1. Penalty for non-observance of s. 3. Declaration on person ceasing to be printer, etc. Schedule: Form No. 2. Declaration on charge of proprietorship. Schedule: Form No. 3. Penalty for omission to make declaration required by s. 6. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 10. Parry to make declaration under s. 6. Schedule: Form No. 3 Ib.s.11. Authority to make declaration of some only of proprietors. Ib.s.7. Exception as to newspapers of companies. Ib.s.18. See Ordinance No.1 of 1865. Printer to keep copy of newspaper or book, and to produce same on request of Magistrate. 39 Geo. 3.c. 79 s. 29; 32 & 33 Vict.c. 21. Printer to printer his name and adress on newspaper or book. 2 & 3 Vict.c. 12 s. 2; 32 & 33 Vict.c. 24 Sch. Bond to be given by printer or publisher of newspaper. 60 Geo. 3c. 9; 1 Will. 4 c. 73; 32 & 33 Vict.c. 24. Right to sue on bond. Requirement as to new bond in certain cases. Withdrawal of surety. Custody of bond. Delcaration by possessor of printing press. Schedule: Form No. 4. Right to inspect Newspaper Register. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 13. Copy of entry, etc., in Newspaper Register to be evidence. Ib.s.15. Penalty for making wilful misrepresentation in declaration. Ib.s.12. General exceptions. 32 & 33 Vict.c. 24 Sch. Recovery of penalties. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 16. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890. Limitation of prosecution or action 39 Geo. 3c 79 s. 34. Section 3. Section 5. Section 6 and 8.
Section 18.
Short title.
Interpretation of terms. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 1. 5 & 6 Vict.c. 45 s. 2. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 1. Requirements to be satisfied before printing or publication of newspaper. Ib.s.9. Schedule: Form No. 1. Penalty for non-observance of s. 3. Declaration on person ceasing to be printer, etc. Schedule: Form No. 2. Declaration on charge of proprietorship. Schedule: Form No. 3. Penalty for omission to make declaration required by s. 6. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 10. Parry to make declaration under s. 6. Schedule: Form No. 3 Ib.s.11. Authority to make declaration of some only of proprietors. Ib.s.7. Exception as to newspapers of companies. Ib.s.18. See Ordinance No.1 of 1865. Printer to keep copy of newspaper or book, and to produce same on request of Magistrate. 39 Geo. 3.c. 79 s. 29; 32 & 33 Vict.c. 21. Printer to printer his name and adress on newspaper or book. 2 & 3 Vict.c. 12 s. 2; 32 & 33 Vict.c. 24 Sch. Bond to be given by printer or publisher of newspaper. 60 Geo. 3c. 9; 1 Will. 4 c. 73; 32 & 33 Vict.c. 24. Right to sue on bond. Requirement as to new bond in certain cases. Withdrawal of surety. Custody of bond. Delcaration by possessor of printing press. Schedule: Form No. 4. Right to inspect Newspaper Register. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 13. Copy of entry, etc., in Newspaper Register to be evidence. Ib.s.15. Penalty for making wilful misrepresentation in declaration. Ib.s.12. General exceptions. 32 & 33 Vict.c. 24 Sch. Recovery of penalties. 44 & 45 Vict.c. 60 s. 16. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890. Limitation of prosecution or action 39 Geo. 3c 79 s. 34. Section 3. Section 5. Section 6 and 8.
Section 18.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/617
Edition
1901
Volume
v1
Subsequent Cap No.
268
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 4 of 1886
Number of Pages
8
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS ORDINANCE, 1886,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed June 6, 2026, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/617.
