Newspaper and Printing Presses Act 1974 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Newspapers
27. Power to examine packages
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Any —
officer of a postal licensee not below the rank of postal superintendent;
officer of customs;
police officer; and
other officer authorised in that behalf by the Minister,may detain, open and examine any package or article which the officer suspects to contain any declared foreign newspaper and if such newspaper, which is not marked in accordance with section 24(4), is found in the package or article, the whole package or article may be impounded and retained by the officer who must deliver it to the Registrar.
The Registrar may destroy any declared foreign newspaper delivered under subsection (1) or may dispose of the newspaper in any manner directed by the Minister.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Newspapers and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Newspapers appointed by the Minister under section 29;