Section - 6. Authentication of declaration
[Provided that where any declaration is made and subscribed under section 5 in respect of a newspaper, the declaration shall not, save in the case of newspapers owned by the same person, be so authenticated unless the Magistrate 6 [is, on inquiry from the Press Registrar, satisfied] that the newspaper proposed to be published does not bear a title which is the same as, or similar to, that of any other newspaper published either in the same language or in the same State.]
Deposit
One of the said originals shall be deposited among the records of the office of the Magistrate, and
the other shall be deposited among the records of the High Court of Judicature, or 7 [other principal
Civil Court of original jurisdiction for the place where] the said declaration shall have been made.
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1 Ins. by Act 14 of 1922, s. 3 and Sch. I.
2 Ins. by Act 26 of 1960, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-10-1960).
3 Ins. by Act 16 of 1965, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-11-1965).
4 Subs. by Act 30 of 1968, s. 2, for certain words (retrospectively).
5 Ins. by Act 55 of 1955, s. 7, (w.e.f. 1-7-1956).
Subs. by Act 26 of 1960, s. 3, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-10-1960).
Subs. by Act 10 of 1980, s. 3, for certain words.
Inspection and supply of copies The Officer-in-charge of each original shall allow any person to inspect that original on payment of a fee of one rupee, and shall give to any person applying a copy of the said declaration, attested by the seal of the Court which has the custody of the original, on payment of a fee of two rupees.[A copy of the declaration attested by the official seal of the Magistrate, or a copy of the order refusing to authenticate the declaration, shall be forwarded as soon as possible to the person making and subscribing the declaration and also to the press Registrar.]
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