Act Number: 25

Act Name: The Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867

Year: 1867

Enactment Date: 1867-03-22

Long Title: An Act for the regulation of Printing-presses and newspapers, for the printed in India, and for the registration of such books and newspapers.

Ministry: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Department:

Section 17: omitted.
    Any sum forfeited to the Government under 1[section 16] may be recovered, under the warrant of the Magistrate determining the sum, or of his successor in office, in the manner authorised by the 2Code of Criminal Procedure (10 of 1882) for the time being in force, and within the period prescribed by the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), for the levy of a fine.
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Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 11 of 1923, s. 2 and the First Schedule, for "the last foregoing section".
2. See now the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).
3. The second paragraph of section 17 rep. by the A.O. 1937.
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