Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881
Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881 (1881 c. 60)
- Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881 (1881 c. 60)
- 1 Interpretation.
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- 4 Inquiry by court of summary jurisdiction as to libel being for public benefit or being true.
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- 7 Board of Trade may authorise registration of the names of only a portion of the proprietors of a newspaper.
- 8 Register of newspaper proprietors to be established.
- 9 Annual returns to be made.
- 10 Penalty for omission to make annual returns.
- 11 Power to party to make return.
- 12 Penalty for wilful mis-representation in or omission from return.
- 13 Registrar to enter returns in register.
- 14 Fees payable for registrar’s services.
- 15 Certified copy of material on register to be admissible in evidence
- 16 Recovery of penalties and enforcement of orders.
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- 18 Provisions as to registration of newspaper proprietors not to apply to newspaper belonging to joint stock company.
- 19 Act not to extend to Scotland.
- 20 Short title.
- THE SCHEDULES to which this Act refers
- SCHEDULE A Return made pursuant to the Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881
- SCHEDULE B Return made pursuant to the Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881
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