Clause 16

Within twenty-one days of any change in the ownership of any newspaper the printer and the publisher of the newspaper shall make or subscribe before the Registrar a declaration as to that change in the newspaper register.

If within that period of twenty-one days such a declaration is not made or subscribed, the printer and the publisher of the newspaper shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

Any party to any such change may at any time make or subscribe or cause to be made or subscribed such a declaration.