Legal glossary
“newspaper”
Defined in 3 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
The Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Act, 1977 · s. 2
"newspaper" means any printed periodical work containing public news or comments on public news, and includes a news agency supplying material for publication in a newspaper.
Read section 2The Press and Registration of Periodicals Act, 2023 · s. 2
(d) "newspaper" means a periodical of loose-folded sheets usually printed on newsprint and brought out daily or at least once in a week, containing information on current events, public news or comments on public news;
Read section 2The Indian Press Act, 1910, 1 of 1910 (Rep., Act 14 of 1922) · s. 2 · Repealed or not in force
(e) " newspaper " means any periodical work containing public news or comments on public news : and
Read section 2