Newspaper and Printing Presses (Applications and Permits) Rules 2004

No. S 302

Newspaper and Printing Presses Act

(Chapter 206)

Newspaper and Printing Presses (Applications and Permits) Rules 2004

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 45 of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act, the Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Rules may be cited as the Newspaper and Printing Presses (Applications and Permits) Rules 2004 and shall come into operation on 28th May 2004.

Applications

2.—(1)  Every application for a permit under section 21 of the Act to print or publish, or assist in the printing or publishing of, any newspaper in Singapore shall be made by the applicant in such form as the Minister may, from time to time, direct.

(2)  Every application —

(a) for a permit under section 22 of the Act to publish, sell, offer for sale or distribute in Singapore any newspaper printed in Malaysia; or

(b) for a permit under section 23 of the Act to sell or distribute, or import for or possess for sale or distribution, any offshore newspaper in Singapore,

shall be made by the applicant in such form as the Minister may, from time to time, direct.

Form of permit

3.  Every permit issued under section 21, 22 or 23 of the Act shall be substantially in the form set out in the Schedule.

Revocation

4.  The Newspaper and Printing Presses (Applications and Permits) Rules (R 1) are revoked.

THE SCHEDULE

Rule 3

NEWSPAPER AND PRINTING PRESSES ACT (CHAPTER 206) NEWSPAPER AND PRINTING PRESSES (APPLICATIONS AND PERMITS) RULES 2004 PERMIT TO PRINT, PUBLISH, SELL OR DISTRIBUTE A NEWSPAPER
NAME OF NEWSPAPER	PERMIT NUMBER
	MITA(P) No.
NAME(S) OF PERMIT HOLDER(S)*:	DATE OF ISSUE
	DATE OF EXPIRY
	LANGUAGE(S)
	FREQUENCY
	SPECIAL CONDITIONS (IF ANY)
	NATURE OF CONTENTS
DETAILS OF PUBLISHER	DETAILS OF PRINTER
This Permit is granted, to the Permit holder(s) named above, by the Minister under section 21/22/23 of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act in respect of the newspaper described above. The holder(s) of this Permit and the newspaper must comply with the conditions specified hereon and overleaf, as well as the conditions (if any) stated in the covering letter for this Permit. The Minister may at any time in his discretion revoke this Permit.
	_______________________ Ministry of Digital Development and Information, Singapore.

[S 575/2024 wef 08/07/2024]

*Where the application is made by a political association registered under the Societies Act (Cap. 311), state the names of the proprietor, the chief editor, and the members of the committee or other similar governing body of the association.

CONDITIONS

1.  This Permit is not transferable. It will cease to be valid in the event of any change in the Proprietor, Chief Editor, name of the newspaper, nature of contents, language or frequency.

2.  Every change in the publisher or the printer of the newspaper described overleaf shall be notified to the Registrar of Newspapers no later than 7 days after the change has become effective.

3.  The Permit number shall be printed on the title page of every issue of the newspaper described overleaf, beneath the title of the newspaper.

4.  If the newspaper described overleaf is printed in Singapore, any change in the financial holdings of the newspaper shall be notified to the Registrar of Newspapers within 7 days of being required to do so or such longer period as the Registrar may allow.

5.  The first issue of the newspaper described overleaf shall commence within 3 months of the date of this Permit and, thereafter, publication shall be made regularly at the intervals shown in this Permit.

6.  The newspaper described overleaf shall conform with the nature of contents submitted with the application for this Permit and the relevant Content Guidelines attached.

7.  The Permit holder shall, at his own expense, send 2 copies of every issue of the newspaper described overleaf to the Registrar of Newspapers immediately upon the commencement of sale or distribution of the newspaper.

NOTES

1.  Section 10 of the National Library Board Act (Cap. 197) requires every publisher to deposit 2 copies of every publication published in Singapore with the National Library Board, at the publisher’s own expense within 4 weeks from the date of the publication.

2.  If the newspaper described overleaf is printed in Singapore, the names of the printer and the publisher shall be printed legibly on the first or last printed leaf as required under section 5(1) of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act.

3.  If the newspaper described overleaf is printed in Malaysia, its publication, sale or distribution in Singapore as authorised by this Permit is conditional upon the inclusion on the first or last printed leaf of every issue of the name and address of its printer, its publisher, the place or places where it is printed and published and an address within Singapore for the service of legal process upon the printer and the publisher or of a person or persons authorised by the printer and publisher to accept service on their behalf. All this information must be printed legibly in the English or Malay language.

4.  The grant of this Permit to the Proprietor or Chief Editor of a newspaper printed or published in Singapore does not absolve the printer and the publisher from their other obligations under the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act.

Made this 10th day of May 2004.

TAN CHIN NAM

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

[MITA L01.001.016; AG/LEG/SL/206/2003/1 Vol. 1]