The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 15] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1975/CHAITRA 8,1897
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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 29th March, 1975/Chaiira 8, 1897 (Sdka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 29th March, 1975, and is hereby published for general informa- tion : —
THE PRESS COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1975
No. 12 OF 1975
[29th March, 1975]
An Act further to amend the Press Council Act, 1965.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Republic
of India as follows: —
1. (1) This Act may be called the Press Council (Amendment) Act; 1975.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 30th day of December, 1974.
Short title and com- mence- ment.
34 of 1965. 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:—
Amend- ment of section 5.
' (1A) Notwithstanding the expiry of the period of office specified in sub-section (1), the Chairman and other members holding office as such on the 29th day of December, 1974 shall continue to hold such office until the appointed day:
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to a mem- ber—
" (a) who ceases to, be a member before the appointed day,
80 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PAST II—SEC. 1](c) who is deemed to have vacated his seat before the appointed day, by reason of the provisions of sub-section (3A); or
(d) who is deemed to have vacated his office before the appointed day, by reason of the provisions of sub-section (4).
Explanattim.-^-In this sub-section, "appointed day" means the 31st day of December, 1975, or, where the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoints an earlier date, such earlier date.'.
3. (1) The Press Council (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1974, is hereby repealed.
Ordinance No. 14 of 1974.
Repeal and saving.
(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 amended by this Act.
K. K. SUNDARAM, Secy, to the Govt. of India.