Clause 2
Amendment of section 14
of Newspaper and Printing Presses (Amendment) Bill
Section 14 of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —
by inserting, immediately after the words “chief editor” in the third line of subsection (1), the words “or the proprietor”;
by deleting the words “in writing under the hand of” in the fourth line of subsection (1) and substituting the words “granted by”;
by inserting, immediately after the words “chief editor” in the proviso to subsection (1), the words “or the proprietor”;
by deleting the words “of 12 months” at the end of subsection (3) and substituting the words “not exceeding 12 months in respect of each renewal”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (8), the following subsection:“(9) This section shall not apply to any offshore newspaper within the meaning of section 15A.”.