Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867
19B. Register of newspapers
(1) The Press
Registrar shall maintain in the prescribed manner a Register of newspapers.
(2) The Register
shall, as far as may be practicable, contain the following particulars about
every newspaper published in India, namely:-
(a) the title of the
newspaper;
(b) the language in
which the newspaper is published;
(c) periodicity of the
publication of the newspaper;
(d) the name of the
editor, printer and publisher of the newspaper;
(e) the place of
printing and publication;
(f) the average number
of pages per week;
(g) the number of days
of publication in the year;
(h) the average number of copies printed, the average
number of copies sold to the public and the average number of copies
distributed free to the public, the average being calculated with reference to
such period as may be prescribed;
(i) retail selling
price per copy;
(j) the names and addresses of the owners of
the newspaper and such other particulars relating to ownership as may be
prescribed;
(k) any other
particulars which may be prescribed.
(3) On receiving information from time to time about the aforesaid particulars, the Press Registrar shall cause relevant entries to be made in the Register and may make such necessary alterations or corrections therein as may be required for keeping the Register up-to-date.