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Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 s 3

Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 s 3

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s 3 Licence to use printing press

(1) No person shall keep for use or use a printing press unless he has been granted a licence under subsection (3). (2) For the purpose of this section “printing press” means the machine, equipment or article for printing, copying or reproducing any document described in Schedule I. (3) The Minister may in his absolute discretion grant to any person a licence to keep for use or use a printing press for such period as may be specified in the licence and he may in his absolute discretion refuse any application for such licence or may at any time revoke or suspend such licence for any period he considers desirable. (4) Any person who keeps for use or uses a printing press without a valid licence granted under subsection (3), or in contravention of any conditions imposed therein, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to both and the deposit made under section 10 shall be liable to be forfeited. (5) A printing press which is kept for use or used in respect of which no licence has been granted shall be ordered to be forfeited by the court notwithstanding that no person is convicted of any offence and where there is no prosecution it shall be disposed of in accordance with section 19. (6) For the purpose of this section the owner, occupier and any person having the care or management or assisting in the management of any premises in which such printing press is found shall be deemed to have kept the same for use until he proves the contrary. (7) The Minister may by order published in the Gazette amend Schedule I. (8) Nothing in this section shall extend to the impression of any engraving or to the printing of any visiting or business card, billhead or letter heading, or to any letter, memorandum or document whatsoever, typed, printed or reproduced in the ordinary course of business, not being a printing or publishing business, or for any other lawful object or purpose.

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Find Act 301 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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