Newspaper and Printing Presses (Exemption) Order 2004

No. S 266

Newspaper and Printing Presses Act

(Chapter 206)

Newspaper and Printing Presses (Exemption) Order 2004

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 44 (1)(b)(ii) of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act, the Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Newspaper and Printing Presses (Exemption) Order 2004 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 8th May 2004.

Exemption

2.—(1)  Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the Minister hereby exempts, from section 21 of the Act, any newspaper transmitted electronically by NewspaperDirect, Inc. to NewspaperDirect Singapore Pte Ltd in Singapore.

(2)  The exemption under sub-paragraph (1) shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a) NewspaperDirect Singapore Pte Ltd shall obtain the prior written approval of the Registrar for the printing or publishing, in Singapore, of each newspaper transmitted electronically to it; and

(b) the Registrar may, at any time, by written notice to NewspaperDirect Singapore Pte Ltd, revoke any written approval referred to in sub-paragraph (a).

Cancellation

3.  The Newspaper and Printing Presses (Exemption) Notification 2002 (G.N. No. S 32/2002) is hereby cancelled.

Made this 6th day of May 2004.

TAN CHIN NAM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Information,
Communications and the Arts,
Singapore.

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