(1) Where the publisher of a newspaper is required under section 11 or section. 12 to deposit any amount as security in respect of any newspaper and the deposit is not made within the time allowed,— Consequences of failure bypublisher to deposit security 83 required under section 11 or section 12.
(a) the declaration made by the publisher of the newspaper under section 5 of the Press Registration Act shall be deemed to be annulled; and
(b) notwithstanding anything contained in the Press Registration Act, neither the said publisher nor any other person shall make, or be allowed to make, a fresh declaration before a Magistrate under section 5 of that Act as publisher of that newspaper or any other newspaper which is the same in substance as that newspaper, unless the amount required to be deposited by the publisher of the newspaper under section 11 or section 12 is deposited by the said publisher or such other person,
(2) Where a deposit is required from the publisher of a newspaper or news-sheet under section 11 or section 12, no press shall, after the expiry of the time allowed to make the deposit, be used for the printing of such newspaper or news-sheet, until the deposit has been made.
(3) The keeper of any press who knowingly contravenes the provisions of sub-section (2) shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both, and where such keeper is convicted for a second or subsequent contravention of that subsection in respect of the same newspaper or news-sheet, the court may also direct that the press or any part thereof shall be forfeited to the Central Government:
Provided that the press or part thereof so forfeited shall not be disposed of within a period of three months from the date of the order of forfeiture and, if the keeper of the prer.s makes the required deposit within the aforesaid period, the press or part thereof, as the case may be, shall be returned to the keeper of the press.
754 tHE GAZiETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [KRT i t - 14, Whenever it appears to the competent authority that a newspaper or news-sheet contains any objectionable matter and that there are sufficient grounds for demanding security from the editor of the newspaper or news-sheet under this section, the competent authority shall, by order in writing, direct the editor of the newspaper or news-sheet to deposit, within twenty-one days from the date of the order, such amount as the competent authority may think fit to require:
Power to demand security from editors of newspapers and newssheets in certain cases. Provided that if, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, the competent authority is satisfied that the requirements of the case will be met by a warning to the editor, the 'competent authority may, instead of demanding security, record, by order in writing, such warning.
15. Whenever it appears to the competent authority—Power to forfeit security or demand further security from editors of newspapers and newssheets.
(a) that any newspaper or news-sheet contains any objectionable matter,
(b) that the editor of such newspaper or news-sheet has been ordered to deposit security (whether as editor of the same newspaper or news-sheet or of any other newspaper or news-sheet) under section 14 or this section, the competent authority shall, by order in writing, declare such security as has been deposited by such editor or any portion thereof to be forfeited to the Central Government or direct such editor to deposit within twentyone days from the date of the order such further security as the competent authority may deem fit to require.