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Suspension or cancellation of registration.

The Press and Registration of Periodicals Act, 2023
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Chapter IV REGISTRATION OF PERIODICAL

Statutory text
  1. (1) The Press Registrar General may, by order, for a period not less than thirty days but not exceeding one hundred and eighty days, suspend the certificate of registration of a periodical, if---
    • (a) the registration was obtained on false representation or on concealment of any material fact; or
    • (b) the publisher has failed to publish the periodical continuously. Explanation.---For the removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified that if a periodical publishes less than half of its issues, as are required to be published in a calendar year in accordance with the application made under sub-section (2) of section 7, such periodical shall be deemed to have failed to publish continuously; or
    • (c) the publisher has given false particulars in the annual statement; or
    • (d) the publisher has failed to furnish the annual statement within two years from the end of the financial year for which the annual statement was to be furnished.
  2. (2) The Press Registrar General may cancel the certificate of registration of a periodical, where the publisher fails to remove the defects of the grounds on which the said certificate was suspended under sub-section (1) before the expiry of the period of such suspension.
  3. (3) The Press Registrar General may, by order, cancel the certificate of registration of a periodical which---
    • (a) bears the same or similar title already held by any other owner of a periodical, either in the same language anywhere in India or in any other language in the same State or Union territory; or
    • (b) violates the guidelines made under sub-section (3) of section 7.
  4. (4) The Press Registrar General may, by order, cancel the certificate of Registration of a periodical where the owner or publisher of such periodical has been convicted by any court for an offence---
    • (a) involving terrorist act or unlawful activity; or
    • (b) for having done anything against the security of the State. Explanation.---For the purposes of this section, the expressions "terrorist act" and "unlawful activity" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in clauses (k) and (o) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967).
  5. (5) No order for suspension or cancellation of certificate of registration shall be passed under this section, without giving an opportunity of being heard to the publisher or owner of the periodical, as the case may be.
  6. (6) A copy of order of suspension or cancellation passed under this section shall be made available to the Central Government or State Government or Union territory Administration, as the case may be, and to the specified authority.
  7. (7) The Press Registrar General may, after the cancellation of certificate of registration of a periodical under this section, issue a new certificate of registration to such periodical bearing another title, if the publisher of that periodical makes an application to that effect in conformity with the guidelines made under sub-section (3) of section 7.
  8. (8) The Press Registrar General may, in such circumstances and manner, as may be prescribed, authorise the specified authority to suspend or cancel the certificate of registration granted under section 7.

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