276 Act No. 23, 1898.
Newspapers
Act No. 23, 1898.
| N e w s p a p e r s . | An Act to consolidate the Laws relating to the prin ting and publishing of newspapers and |
| papers of a like nature. | [27th July, 1898.] |
~ |3 E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with
the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the au hority of the same, as follow's :—
1 3
Preliminary.
| Short title and | 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the “ Newspapers Act, 1898,” |
| division. | and is divided into parts, as follows :— |
PART I.—Preliminary—ss. 1-2.
PART II.—Affidavits or affirmations—ss. 3-9.
PART III.—Recognizances—ss. 10-13.
PART IV.—Miscellaneous—ss. 14-20.
PART V.—Procedure—ss. 21-23.
| Repeals. | (2) | The Acts mentioned in the First Schedule hereto are to |
| F irst Schedule. | the extent therein expressed hereby repealed. |
| In terpreta tion . | 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates, the word “ newspapers ” includes newspapers and other papers of a like nature. |
PART II.
Affidavits or affirmations.
No person shall 3 . No pcrsou shall print or publish, within New South Wales, p rin t or publish any any newspaper until an affidavit or affirmation made and signed as a£ter*the''dehve^^^ of hereinafter mentioned, and containing the several matters and things an affidavit or affir- hereinafter for that purpose specified, has been delivered at the office
oTthrprothoMtfr™ of the prothonotary of the Supreme Court to the said prothonotary,
8 Geo. IV No. 2, s. 1. or to One of the clerks in the said Court authorised in that behalf by the
| }g vie! No! 37! s : l : | said prothonotary. |
| N ature of affidavit | 4. Such affidavit or affirmation shall specify and set forth— |
| or affirmation. | (o ) the names, additions, descriptions, and places of abode of every |
| 8 Geo. IV No. 2, s. 2. | person who is intended to be the printer or publisher of the |
| 5 Vie. No. 19, s. C» | 1* | 1 | * | 1 | PC' 1 | * j | PC' | j* | 1 | j* |
newspaper mentioned in such amdavit or amrmation and oi
all the proprietors of the same ;
| (b) | a true description of the house or holding wherein any such newspaper is intended to be printed ; and |
| (c) the title of such newspaper. | 5. |
| Act No. 23, 1898. | 277 |
Neivspapcrs.
| ‘ | 5. An affidavit or affirmation of the like import shall be made, Amdavit or affirma- |
signed, and delivered in like manner as often as any of the printers,
publishers, or proprietors named in such affidavit or affirmation arcreiuire.
| changed or change their respective places of abode or their printing-« | iv Xo. 2, s. 3. |
| house, place, or office, and also as of ten as the title of the newspaper is '> changed, and as often as the… |