Newspaper and Printing Presses Act(CHAPTER 206)
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part I PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
Part II PRINTING PRESSES
3 Licence to use printing press
4 Register of printing presses
Documents
5 Printed document to bear name of printer and publisher
6 Printer to keep copy of document and to produce it to an authorised person
Part III NEWSPAPER COMPANIES
7 Publisher of newspaper to be newspaper company unless exempted from this Part
8 Memorandum and articles to be approved
9 Special features of newspaper company
10 No person to hold more than 3% ordinary shares without approval
11 Funds from foreign source for the purposes of a newspaper other than commercial purposes prohibited
12 Appeal to President
13 Application of this Part
Part IV NEWSPAPERS
14 No newspaper to be published without permit
15 Permit required for sale and distribution in Singapore of newspapers printed or published in Malaysia
16 Permit required for sale and distribution in Singapore of offshore newspapers
17 Declared foreign newspapers
18 Prohibition on reproduction of declared foreign newspapers for sale or distribution
19 Examination of persons entering Singapore
20 Power to examine packages
21 Subscription of declared foreign newspapers
22 Registrar of Newspapers
23 Newspaper register
24 Right to inspect newspaper register
25 Copy of entry in register to be evidence
Part V GENERAL
26 Offences
27 Power to seize and detain illegal newspapers
28 Penalty
29 Sanction for prosecution
30 Presumption
31 Persons to act for company or firm
32 Search for unlicensed printing presses
33 Search when requirements of this Act not complied with
34 Power to exempt documents, etc., from provisions of this Act
35 Exemptions
36 Rules
Legislative History