No. XXXI.
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| A c t s | An Act to amend the law rehitim** to the Post |
A MKN IOIKNT.
Ottice; to jn’ovide for the issue of Postal Notes, and for the exemiAion of the stmie from Sttimp D ntv; and for other ])iir])Oses in eonneetion thcTewith. [18̂ /̂ June, 1898.]
T~>E it enaetf'd dy tlie Queen's ]\Iost Excellent IMajesty, l)v and Avitk _13 the advice and consent of the Lcg’islativ(' Oonncil and Ixig’is- lath'e Assenihly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by tlu' authority of the same, as follows :—
('oiniiioiicciiK'nl. and
| title. | 1. 'I'liis Act ]uay be cited as the “ Postage .Vets Anumdinent Act, 181)3,” and shall come into force on the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, 'wliich day is in this Act referred to as the commencement of this Act. |
| hi lerpretalioii | of | 2. In this Act— |
| teniis. |
“ Govcrnor-in-Conncil” means the Governor with the advice of
the Executive Council.
“ Prescribed” means prescribed by this Act or the regulations
mad(' thereunder.
“ Principal Act ” means the “ Postage Act, 1807.”
| Definition of news- | .3. Any publication coming within the following' description |
| pa])('r and su]»[)le- | sliall, for the ])iirposes of this Act, be doomed a new spaper, that is to say, any publication which consists wholly or principally ol‘ political or other news, or of articles relating thereto, or to other current topics with or Avithont advertisements, provided— |
| (c) | 1'hat it be published in the Colony in numbers at intervals not excei'ding one month. |
| (b) | That the full title and date of publication be printed at the top ot the first page, and the Avholc or jiart of tlie title and the date at tlu' top of every subsequent page. |
And the following shall for the purposes of this Act lie deemed
a supplemeut to a lu'wspaper, that is to say, a public^ation consisting
Avholly or in great part of matter like that of a newspaper, or of
advertisements,
| 1803. | 56'’ VIC. | ]Vo. 31. | 110 |
Foal age Acta Amendment.
uclvcTtiscmciits, priuted on paper stitched or unstitclicd; or Avlioliy or in 2>art of cngra\dngs, prints, or litliographs illustrative of articles iji the newspaper : Provided that such publication as aforesaid he in every case ])ublished Avith the newspaper, and haA"e the title and date of publication printed at the top of every ])age; or, if it consists of engravings, prints, or lithographs, at the top of every sluiet or side.
I. The pi-oprietoi' or printer of any ncAvspaper may at such Kofiisiruiion of news
time, and in such form, and Avith such particulars as may he ])re- scribed n])on ])aymcnt of a fee of live shillings, register it at the Gcjieral Post Otlicc', and the Postmaster-General may from time to
time revise tlu' regist(!r and rennove therefrom any publication AAdiich
l)y reason of tlie propoi-tion of adAO'rtiscmcnts to other matter therein or for any other reason is not Ai ilhin the description al'ori'said, and any ])ul)lication for…