2002 Ed.
Newspaper and Printing Presses
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(b) before granting the permit require the applicant to execute a
bond with or without sureties to secure the payment of any
penalties which may be imposed upon the newspaper
company, proprietor or editor of the newspaper under this
Act or under any other written law.
(4) Every such permit unless sooner revoked shall ordinarily be for
one year from the date of its issue, and may be renewed for further
periods not exceeding 12 months in respect of each renewal.
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(5) Notice of the withdrawal of a permit to publish a newspaper shall
be published in the Gazette.
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(6) The Minister may make rules prescribing the particulars to be
supplied by an applicant for a permit under this section.
(7) A permit under this section shall be in addition to any licence
granted under section 3 in respect of the printing press at which any
newspaper is to be printed.
(8) Any person dissatisfied with any decision of the Minister or with
any condition imposed by the Minister under this section may appeal
to the President whose decision shall be final.
(9) Any person who contravenes this section or fails to comply with
any condition attached to the grant of a permit under this section shall
be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to the penalty
prescribed by section 35.
(10) This section shall not apply to any offshore newspaper within
the meaning of section 23.
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Permit required for sale and distribution in Singapore of
newspapers printed or published in Malaysia
22.—(1) No newspaper printed in Malaysia shall be published, sold,
offered for sale or distributed in Singapore unless the proprietor of the
newspaper or his agent has previously obtained and there is in force a
permit granted by the Minister authorising the publication, sale or
distribution of the newspaper in Singapore, which permit the Minister
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