Hong Kong Ordinances

REGISTRATION OF LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ORDINANCE - SECT 17

Copies of local newspapers to be delivered to Registrar

(1) The publisher or, failing him, the printer of every local  newspaper
shall, on every day on which that local newspaper is published or on the day
next following (other than a holiday), deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Registrar a copy of that local newspaper and of every published second or
other varied edition or impression thereof.

(2) The copy of every local newspaper delivered to the Registrar under
subsection (1) shall bear the signature, full name and address of the printer
or publisher thereof or the signature, full name and address of some other
person appointed and authorized by that printer or publisher for that purpose
and whose appointment and authority have been lodged with the Registrar.

(3) The Registrar shall keep in his possession the copy of every
local newspaper delivered to him under subsection (1) for a period of not less
than 6 months after which time he may destroy or otherwise dispose of that
copy. (Replaced 15 of 1987 s. 13)