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16/10/2024
Laws of Bangladesh

The Printing Presses and Publications (Declaration and Registration) Act, 1973

( ACT NO. XXIII OF 1973 )

[ 22nd September, 1973 ]

Part III

PRINTING AND PUBLICATION OF NEWSPAPERS

Cancellation of authentication
20. (1) If, at any time, the District Magistrate, who authenticated a declaration under section 12, is satisfied that, subsequent to the authentication,-
 
 
 
 
(a) the proprietor, the printer or 1[the proprietor or the publisher] of the newspaper has ceased to be a citizen of Bangladesh;
 
 
 
 
2[(b) the printer or the publisher has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude;]
 
 
 
 
(c) the printer or the publisher has been found to be a lunatic or of unsound mind by any court; or
 
 
 
 
3[(d) the proprietor or the publisher has ceased to have the financial resources required for regularly publishing the newspaper, he may, by an order in writing stating the reasons therefor, cancel the authentication of the declaration:
 
 
 
 
Provided that no such order shall be made except after giving the person who made the declaration a reasonable opportunity of being heard.]
 
 
 
 
(2) Any person aggrieved by an order under sub-section (1) may, within sixty days of the making of such order, prefer an appeal to the 4[Press Appellate Board] whose decision thereon shall be final.
  • 1
    The words “the proprietor or the publisher” were substituted for the words “the publisher” by section 2 of the Printing Presses and Publications (Declaration and Registration) (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1977 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1977)
  • 2
    Clause (b) was substituted by section 3 of the Printing Presses and Publications (Declaration and Registration) (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1977 (Ordinance No. III of 1977)
  • 3
    Clause (d) was substituted by section 2 of the Printing Presses and Publications (Declaration and Registration) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1979 (Ordinance No. I of 1979)
  • 4
    The words “Press Appellate Board” were substituted for the word “Government” by section 5 of the Printing Presses and Publications (Declaration and Registration) (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. VIII of 1991)
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