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REGISTERED NO. D. 221

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 1

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 71] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1973'AGR AHAYANA 23, 18 95

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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 14th December, 1973/Agrahayana 23, 1895 (Saka)

The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 14th December, 1973, and is hereby published lor general information: —

THE PRESS COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1973

No. 53 OF 1973

[14th December, 1973]

An Act further 10 amend the Press Council Act, 1965. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —

1. (I) This Act may be called the Press Council (Amendment) Act, 1973.

Short title- and commence- ment.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 27th day of September, 1973.

34 of 19G5.

Amend- ment of section 1.

2. In section 5 of the Press Council Act, 1965 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for sub-section (1A), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely: —

" (1A) Notwithstanding the expiry of the period of office speci- fied by sub-section (1), the Chairman ,and other members holding office as such on the 30th day of September, 1973, shall continue to hold such office until the 30th day of June, 1974:

Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to a mem- ber— (a) who ceases to be a member before the 30th day of Juner 1974, by reason of the provisions of sub-section (2); or (667) 668 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 1] (b) whose term of office expires before that date by reason of the provisions of sub-section (3); or

date by reason of the provisions of sub-section (3A); or

(d) who is deemed to have vacated his office before that

date by reason of the provisions of sub-section (4).".

2 of 1973.

3. (1) The Press Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 1973, is hereby

repealed.

saviag.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act, as amend- ed by this Act.

K. K. SUNDARAM, Stecy. to the Govt. of India.

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