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| (1) The Printing Presses Ordinance is hereby amended in section 8 thereof, by the substitution, for the definition of " Registrar ", of the following new definition: - |
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| (2) The Printers and Publishers Ordinance is hereby amended in section 13 thereof, by the substitution, for the definition of " Registrar ", of the following new definition: |
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| (3) The Newspapers Ordinance is hereby amended in section 9 thereof, by the substitution, for subsection (2) of that section, of the following new subsection: -
| | ' (2) In this Ordinance " Registrar of Books and Newspapers " means the Director of the Department of National Archives and includes an Assistant Director of the Department of National Archives.' | | |
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| (4) One copy of every book which has been delivered to the Registrar under section 2 of the Printers and Publishers Ordinance and the copy of every newspaper which has been delivered under section 7 of the Newspapers Ordinance to the Registrar, during any period prior to the date on which this Law comes into operation, shall be deemed for all purposes to be a copy deposited at the National Archives for permanent preservation. Where, on and after the date on which this Law comes into operation, copies of any book are delivered under section 2 of the Printers and Publishers Ordinance and the copy of a newspaper is delivered under section 7 of the Newspapers Ordinance to the Registrar, one copy of such book and the copy of such newspaper so delivered shall forthwith be deposited by the Registrar at the National Archives for permanent preservation. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts