<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">BOOK AND NEWSPAPER REGISTRATION ACT, 1961 (ACT 73)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">As amended by</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">THE BOOK AND NEWSPAPER REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1963 (ACT 193)1</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">PART I—REGISTRATION OF BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1. Three copies of books to be delivered to Government within a month of being printed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">2. Catalogue to be kept.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">3. Publication of memoranda registered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">4. Penalty for non-delivery of books by printer.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">5. Penalty for non-supply of books by publisher.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">6. Regulations.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">7. Government publications.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">PART II—REGISTRATION OF NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">8. Register of newspaper proprietors.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">9. Annual return to be made.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">10. Penalty for omission to make return.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">11. Return of change in proprietorship.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">12. Return of change of editor, publisher or printer.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">13. Penalty for wilful misrepresentation in or omission from return.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">14. Registrar to enter returns in register.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">15. Certified copies in, and extracts from, register to be evidence.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">16. Printers to print name, etc., on every newspaper.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">17. Power to make regulations.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">18. Interpretation.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">19. Repeals and savings.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">SCHEDULES</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">First Schedule</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Second Schedule</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Form A</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Form B</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Form C</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">SEVENTY-THREE</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">ENTITLED</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">THE BOOK AND NEWSPAPER REGISTRATION ACT, 1961</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">AN ACT to consolidate with amendments enactments providing for the preservation of copies of books printed in Ghana and the registration of books and newspapers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">DATE OF ASSENT: 10th August, 1961</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">BE IT ENACTED by the President and the National Assembly in this present Parliament assembled as follows:—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">PART I—REGISTRATION OF BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 1—Three Copies of Books to be Delivered to Government Within a Month of Being Printed.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(1) For the purposes of this Part "book" includes every volume, part or division of volume, pamphlet, sheet of letterpress, newspaper, sheet of music, map, chart, or plan separately produced, but does not include price lists, trade circulars, trade advertisements, or other legal or business documents.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(2) A printed copy of every book which is published in Ghana together with all maps, prints or other engravings belonging thereto, and also of any second or subsequent edition which is published shall or shall continue to be, within one month after the day on which such book is first taken out of the press and notwithstanding any agreement between the printer and publisher about the publication of such book, delivered free of charge by the printer to each person or institution specified in the First Schedule to this Act, and the said book shall be delivered with a memorandum containing the particulars mentioned in section 2(2) of this Act.[As substituted by The Book and Newspaper Registration (Amendment) Act, 1963 (Act 193) s. (a)].</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(3) The President, on the advice of the Cabinet, may, by legislative instrument, amend the said First Schedule to this Act as respects any class or description of book specified in the instrument. [As substituted by The Book and Newspaper Registration (Amendment) Act, 1963 (Act 193) s. (a)].</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(4) The publisher or other person employing the printer shall supply him—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a) within a reasonable time before the expiration of the time specified in subsection (2), with all maps, prints, and engravings finished and coloured which may be necessary to enable him to comply with the requirements of this section,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(b) with any information required for the preparation of the memorandum referred to in section 2 (2) of this Act.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(5) A written receipt shall be given by the officer or person, to whom any copies of books are delivered under this Act.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 2—Catalogue to be Kept.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(1) There shall continue to be "A Catalogue of Books and Newspapers printed in Ghana", for the registration of books.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(2) Any person registering a book under this section shall submit to the officer in charge of the catalogue referred to in subsection (1) a memorandum on the book containing (so far as may be practicable) the following particulars:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a) the title of the book and the contents of the title page with a translation into English of the title and contents when they are not in the English language;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(b) the language in which the book is written;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(c) the name of the author, translator, or editor of the book;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(d) the subject;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(e) the place of printing and the place of publication;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(f) the name or firm of the printer, and the name or firm of the publisher;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(g) the date of issue from the press or of the publication;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(h) the number of sheets, leaves, or pages;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(i) the size;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(j) the number of the edition;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(k) the number of copies of which the edition consists;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(l) the price at which the book is sold to the public; and</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(m) the name and residence of the proprietor of the copyright or of any portion of such copyright.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 3—Publication of Memoranda Registered.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The memorandum registered during each quarter in the catalogue shall be published in the Gazette, as soon as may be after the end of such quarter.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 4—Penalty for Non-Delivery of Books by Printer.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Every printer who contravenes any provision of section 1 (2) of this Act shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 5—Penalty for Non-Supply of Books by Publisher.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Every publisher or other person employing any printer who neglects to supply him with any matter or information required under section 1 of this Act which may be necessary to enable the printer to comply with the provisions of this Act, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 6—Regulations.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Regulations may provide for the exclusion of any class of books from the operation of the whole or any section of this Part.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 7—Government Publications.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This Part shall not apply to books printed by the Government Printer for or on behalf of the Government, except as directed by the Minister.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">PART II— REGISTRATION OF NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 8—Register of Newspaper Proprietors.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There shall continue to be a register of the proprietors of newspapers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 9—Annual Returns to be Made.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(1) It shall be the duty of the printers and publishers of every newspaper to make or cause to be made to the registry office within one month after its first publication, and thereafter annually in the month of January in every year, a return of the following particulars in the form set out in Form A in the Second Schedule to this Act, namely—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a) the title of the newspaper;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(b) the name and place of residence of the editor;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(c) the name, place of business, and place of residence of the publisher;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(d) the name, occupation, place of business and place of residence of any proprietor;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(e) the name, place of business, and place of residence of the printer; and</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(f) the total circulation for the year prior to the making of the return, and the average daily, weekly, or other circulation, as the case may be, for that year.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(2) No return of circulation shall be required during the first year of publication. [As amended by The Book and Newspaper Registration (Amendment) Act, 1963 (Act 193), s(b)]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 10—Penalty for Omission to Make Return.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If no return is made as to any newspaper within the period referred to in section 9 of this Act, then each printer and publisher of the newspaper shall be liable to a fine of twenty-five pounds and in addition shall be ordered to make a return within a specified time.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 11—Return of Change in Proprietorship.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Any person who was a party to a transfer of or dealing with any share or interest in any newspaper whereby any person ceases to be a proprietor, or any new proprietor is appointed, may at any time make or cause to be made to the registry office a return according to Form B in the Second Schedule to this Act and containing the particulars therein set forth. [As amended by The Book and Newspaper Registration (Amendment) Act, 1963 (Act 193), s(b)]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 12—Return of Change of Editor, Publisher or Printer.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">When any person is appointed as a new editor, publisher or printer, as the case may be, of a newspaper, he shall within seven days of his appointment make or cause to be made to the registry office a return according to Form C in the Second Schedule to this Act and containing the particulars therein set forth and any failure so to do shall render the offender liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds. [As amended by The Book and Newspaper Registration (Amendment) Act, 1963 (Act 193), s(b)].</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 13—Penalty for Wilful Misrepresentation in or Omission from Return.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If any person knowingly and wilfully makes or causes to be made any return required or permitted to be made by this Act in which he inserts the name of any person as a proprietor of a newspaper who is not a proprietor thereof, or in which there is any misrepresentation, or from which there is an omission in respect of any of the particulars required to be contained therein whereby such return is misleading; or if any editor, publisher, proprietor or printer of a newspaper knowingly and wilfully permits any such return to be made which is misleading as to any of the particulars with reference to his own name, occupation, or place of business or residence; then and in every such case every such offender shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 14—Registrar to Enter Returns in Register.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">It shall be the duty of the Registrar forthwith to register every return made in conformity with this Part in a book to be called "The Register of Newspaper Proprietors".&nbsp; Any person may search and inspect the book during the hours of business at the registry office; and any person may, on payment of a fee of one shilling, require a copy of any entry in or an extract from the book to be certified by the Registrar.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 15—Certified Copies in, and Extracts from, Register to be Evidence.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(1) Every copy of an entry in and every extract from the register purporting to be certified by the Registrar shall be received as proof of the contents of the register so far as it appears in that copy or extract, without proof of the signature thereto; and every certified copy or extract shall in all proceedings, civil or criminal, be accepted as prima facie evidence of all the matters thereby appearing, unless the contrary is otherwise shown.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(2) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar that he has received no return, or no return before a certain date, with regard to a particular newspaper shall in all proceedings, civil or criminal, be accepted as prima facie evidence of the fact of such non-receipt.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 16—Printers to Print Name, Etc., on Every Newspaper.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(1) The printer of every newspaper shall print on the first or last page of it his name and occupation and place of residence, and the name of the editor and the name of the publisher.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(2) Any person who prints any newspaper without complying with the requirements of subsection (1) or sells, publishes, disperses or assists in publishing or dispersing any newspaper on which the name and occupation and place of residence of the printer and the names of the editor and the publisher are not printed shall for every copy so printed, sold, published, or dispersed be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 17—Power to make Regulations.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Minister by legislative instrument may make regulations for giving effect to the provisions of this Act.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 18—Interpretation.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"book" has the meaning given to it by section 1 (1) of this Act;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Information;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"newspaper" means any paper containing public news or occurrences, or any remarks or observations thereon printed for sale and published periodically or in parts or numbers at intervals not exceeding two months between the publication of any two such papers, parts or numbers;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"occupation" when applied to any person means his trade or following, and, if none, then his rank or usual title;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"place of residence" includes the street or quarter or place where the person to whom it refers resides;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"printed" as applied to books, means produced by printing, lithography, or any other like process;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"printer" has a corresponding meaning;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"Registrar" means the Registrar-General;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"registry office" means the principal office for the time being of the Registrar.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 19—Repeals and Saving.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(1) The Book and Newspaper Registration Ordinance (Cap. 124) and the Newspaper Registration Ordinance (Cap. 125) are repealed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(2) Every statutory instrument made under any of the enactments repealed by this Act and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue in force as if made under the corresponding provision of this Act.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">FIRST SCHEDULE</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(Bodies to be supplied with books)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ghana Library Board</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Registrar-General</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Library of the University of Ghana</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Library of the Kwame Nkrumah University of&nbsp; Science and Technology</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Library of the University College of Cape Coast</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Library of the Ghana Academy of Sciences and</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Library of the Kwame Nkrumah Institute of Economics and Political Science. [As inserted by Book and Newspaper Registration (Amendment) Act, 1963 (Act 193) s.(c).]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">SECOND SCHEDULE</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">FORM A</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(Section 9)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">ANNUAL RETURN UNDER THE BOOK AND NEWSPAPER REGISTRATION ACT, 1961</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;PARTICULARS OF NEWSPAPER REQUIRED</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;Name of person making the Return ..............................................................................</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;Office&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Name of Editor&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Editor's Residence&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Name(s) of Publisher(s)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Place of Business&nbsp; of Publisher(s)&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Place of Residence of Publisher(s)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Name(s) of Proprietor(s)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Place(s) of Business of Proprietor(s)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Place(s) of Residence of Proprietor(s)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Name of Printer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Place of Business of Printer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Place of Residence of Printer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Period of publication&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Circulation for previous year</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;(i) Total</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(ii) Average per issue. (Not required on first registration)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (l)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (m) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (n)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (o)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This Return was made to me by&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; on the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; day of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Registrar.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">FORM B</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(Section 11)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">RETURN OF CHANGE IN PROPRIETORSHIP UNDER THE BOOK AND NEWSPAPER REGISTRATION ACT, 1961</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;Title of Newspaper&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Names of persons who cease to be proprietors &nbsp; Names of persons who become proprietors&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Occupation of new proprietors &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Places of business of new proprietors &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Places of residence of new proprietors&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This Return was made to me by&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; on the&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;day of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19.........</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Registrar.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">FORM C</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(Section 12)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">RETURN OF CHANGE OF EDITOR, PRINTER OR PUBLISHER UNDER THE BOOK AND NEWSPAPER REGISTRATION ACT, 1961</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Name of person making the Return .................................................................................</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Title of Newspaper</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Name(s) of new person(s) appointed</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Capacity in which appointed</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Place of business of new person appointed</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Place of residence of new person appointed</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Title of Newspaper</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This Return was made to me by&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; on the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; day&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Registrar.</span></p></span></span>