REGISTERED No. D. 221
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 2 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 53] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, DEC. 3, 1964/AGRAHAYANA 12, 1886
Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation
RAJYA SABHA
The following Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on the 3rd December, 1964: —
BILL NO. XXIX OF 1964
A Bill further to amend the Press and Registration of Books Act,
1867.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. (1) This Act may be called the Press and Registration of Books (Amendment) Act, 1964.
Short title and com- mence- ment.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Govern- ment may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Section 1 of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 26 of 1867.
Amend- ment of section 1.
(hereinafter referred to as the principal Act) shall be re-numbered as sub-section (7) thereof and—
(a) in sub-section (1) as so re-numbered, the definition of "India" shall be omitted;
(b) after sub-section (1) as so re-numbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely: —
" (2) Any reference in this Act to any law which is not in force in the State of Jammu and Kashmir shall, in rela- tion to that State, be construed as a reference to the corres ponding law in force in that State.".
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834 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II3. After section 5 of the principal Act, the following section shall
be inserted, namely: —
Insertion of new- section 5A.
Jammu and Kashmir Act No. I. of S. 1989.
"5A(/) No person who has made and subscribed a declara- tion in respect of any press under section 4 of the Jammu and Kashmir State Press and Publications Act, S. 1989 shall keep the press in his possession for the printing of books or papers after the expiry of a period of two months from the date of commence- ment of the Press and Registration of Books (Amendment) Act, 1964 unless before the expiry of that period he makes and subs- cribes a fresh declaration in respect of that press under section 4 of this Act.
Keepers of printing presses and printers and pub- lishers of news- papers in Jammu and Kashmir to make and sub- scribe fresh dec- larations within specified period.
(2) Every person who has subscribed to any declaration in respect of a newspaper under section 5 of the Jammu and Kash- mir State Press and Publications Act, S. 1989 shall cease to be the editor, printer or publisher of the newspaper mentioned in such declaration after the expiry of a period of two months from the date of commencement of the Press and Registration of Books (Amendment) Act, 1964 unless before the expiry of that period 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.".
4. In section 22 of the principal Act, the words "except the State
of Jammu and Kashmir" shall be omitted.
Amend- ment of •ection 22.
SEC. 2] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 835STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Press Commission recommended the appointment of a Press Registrar for India for the collection and compilation of facts and figures relating to newspapers in the country. Accordingly the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 was amended and the Registrar of Newspapers for India appointed under the Act in 1956. It has been decided to extend the jurisdiction of the Press Registrar to the State of Jammu and Kashmir also in order to enable him to collect information and statistics about the Press in that State. There is also the need for having a uniform law for the whole of the coun- try including the State of Jammu and Kashmir for the regulation of printing-presses and newspapers, for the preservation of copies of books and newspapers printed in India and for the registration of such books and newspapers. It is, therefore, proposed to amend the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 in order to make it applicable to the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Bill seeks to achieve this object.
NEW DELHI;
C. R. PATTABHI RAMAN.
The 21st November, 1964.
836 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY fpART II—SEC. 21FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM
The Bill contemplates the extension of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 to the State of Jaminu and Kashmir. While the Bill does not involve any expenditure directly for this specific purpose, it is envisaged that the expenditure of the office of the Registrar of Newspapers for India may increase to a small extent due to the increase in work for performing the functions prescribed under the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 in its application to the State of Jammu and Kashmir. The expenditure is broadly related to the purchase of stationery and the travelling and other allowances of the Circulation Officers as and when they visit the State for verify- ing the figures of circulation claimed by publishers of newspapers in the annual statements submitted under section l&D of the Act. It Is, however, not possible to give a precise estimate of the expenditure involved at this stage.
B. N. BANERJEE,