Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
2. I n this Act, unless there is anything repugnant Definitions. in the subject or context,-
- (a) " book " includes every volume, part or division of a volume, and pamphlet, in any language, and every sheet of music, map, chart or plan separately printed or lithographed :
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- (b) document " includes also any painting, drawing or photograph or other visible representation :
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- (c) " High Court " means the highest Civil Court of Appeal for any local area except in the case of the provinces of Ajmer-Merwara and Coorg where it means the High*Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces and the High Court of Judicature at &dras respectively :
(d)[Magistrate ][" ][means a District Magistrate or ] Chief Presidency Magistrate : (e) " newspaper " means any periodical work containing public news or comments on public news : and
(f) " printing-press
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`(f` ) '"printing-press " includes all engines, machinery, types, lithographic stones, implements, utensils and other plant or materials used for the purpose of printing.
Source: India Code