Printing Presses Act 1857, 15 of 1857, (Rep., Act 8 of 1868)

Section V. If ally person or persons shall keep or use, or cause or allow to be Penalty _

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

V. If ally person or persons shall keep or use, or cause or allow to be Penalty `f` r kept or used, any such Printing Press, types, or other tions or after revoc~tion Pres@contl*ary to col'dimaterials or articles for printing, contrary to the conditions `Z` ?p I :r :* of license. upon which the licelise ' mayi have been .granted, or after notice of the revocation of such license shall have been given -lo or left for him or them at the place at which *he Frinting Press shdl have been established, he or they shall be subject to the same penalties as if no such license had been granted; and such Printing Press, types, and other materials or articles for printing may be seized and disposed of in the manner prescribed in Section `IP` of this Act. TI. A'I'I books and other papers, printed at a Press licensed mder this ~ ~ &c., to have ~ k Act, s h d have printed legibly on them the name of the ~ j "le lisher's prillter's ]lame arinted and pubon[printer and of the publisher, a d the place of the printing ] illem, and c6ies to be and ~ublication thereof; and a copy of every such book or forwarded to the Magistrate. printed papep shall be i-mmediately forwarded to the Magistrate or to such other person as the Government or other person granting the license may direct ; and every person who shall print or publish any book or paper otherwise than in conformity with this provision, or who shall neglect to forward a copy of such book or paper in manner hereinbefore directed, unless specially exempted therefrom by the Governor General in Council or other person granting the license, shall be liable, on conviction before a Magistrate, to a fine not exceeding one thousand Xupees, and in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six calendar months. VIP.[The Governor General of India in Council, or the Exec~xtive Govern- ] Governme~it may pro-[ment of any ][Presidency, ][mays by Order to ][be ][published in ] hibit circulation of Parthe Government Gazette, prohibit the publication or cirtitular books or news- papers. culation, within the said territories or the territories snbject to the said Government, or within any particular part of the said terribries, of any particular newspaper, book, or other printed paper, or any newspapeq book, or prinked paper of any particular description, whether printed mithin $;%a@ . . I , - ,I I I ~ c not t `to` exempt IX. Nothing in this Act shall exempt a.ny person compliance with Act XI of `1835.` from complying with the provisions of Act XI of 1835.

Source: India Code