Censorship of Publications Act, 1946
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Prohibition orders in respect of periodical publications. |
9.—(1) The Censorship Board shall examine the issues recently theretofore published of every periodical publication in respect of which a complaint is made to them in the prescribed manner by any person, and if they are of opinion that the said issues— | |
(a) have usually or frequently been indecent or obscene, or | ||
(b) have advocated the unnatural prevention of conception or the procurement of abortion or miscarriage or the use of any method, treatment or appliance for the purpose of such prevention or procurement, or | ||
(c) have devoted an unduly large proportion of space to the publication of matter relating to crime, | ||
and that for any of the said reasons the sale and distribution in the State of the said issues and future issues of that periodical publication should be prohibited, they shall by order prohibit the sale and distribution thereof accordingly. | ||
(2) The word “advocated” in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section shall be construed as including the publication (whether by advertisement or otherwise) of any matter advocating, or any advertisement or notice of any publication which advocates anything referred to in the said paragraph. | ||
(3) A prohibition order under this section in respect of a periodical publication, in respect of which a prohibition order or an order under section 10 of the Act of 1929 has not previously been made, shall, unless previously revoked under this Act, be in force for, and expire at the end of, whichever of the following periods is appropriate, that is to say:— | ||
(a) in the case of a periodical publication which, immediately before the making of the prohibition order, was being published at intervals ordinarily exceeding one month, the period of twelve months from the date on which the prohibition order comes into operation, | ||
(b) in the case of a periodical publication which, immediately before the making of the prohibition order, was being published at intervals ordinarily exceeding one week but not ordinarily exceeding one month, the period of six months from such date, | ||
(c) in any other case, the period of three months from such date. |