Section 5A:
Keepers of printing-presses and printers and publishers of newspapers in Jammu and Kashmir to make and subscribe fresh declarations within specified period.
1[5A. Keepers of printing-presses and printers and publishers of newspapers in
Jammu and Kashmir to make and subscribe fresh declarations within specified
period.--(1) No person who has made and subscribed a declaration in respect of any press
under section 4 of the Jammu and Kashmir State Press and Publications Act, S. 1989 (Jammu
and Kashmir Act No. I of S. 1989) shall keep the press in his possession for the printing of
books or papers 2[after the 31st day of December, 1968,] unless before the expiry of that
date], he makes and subscribes a fresh declaration in respect of that press under section 4 of
this Act.
(2) Every person who has subscribed to any declaration in respect of a newspaper under
section 5 of the Jammu and Kashmir State Press and Publications Act, S. 1989, Jammu and
Kashmir Act, No. I S. 1 shall cease to be the editor, printer or publisher of the newspaper
mentioned in such declaration 2[after the 31st day of December, 1968, unless before the
expiry of that date] he makes and subscribes a fresh declaration in respect of that newspaper
under rule (2) of the rules laid down in section 5 of this Act.]
STATE AMENDMENTS
Ladakh (UT).--
Section 5A.--Omit.
[Vide Union Territory of Ladakh Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, notification
No. S.O. 3774(E), dated (23-10-2020).]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 16 of 1965, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-11-1965).
2. Subs. by Act 30 of 1968, s. 2, for certain words (retrospectively).