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Young Persons (Harmful Publication) Act, 1956 Section 6

Title: Power to Seize and Destroy Harmful Publications

State: Central

Year: 1956

(1) Any police officer or any other officer empowered in this behalf by the State Government may seize any harmful publication. (2) Any magistrate of the first class may, by warrant, authorise any police officer not below the rank of sub-inspector to enter and search any place where any stock of harmful publications may be or may be reasonably suspected to be, and such police officer may seize any publication found in such place if in his opinion it is a harmful publication. (3) Any publication seized under sub-section (1) shall be produced, as soon as may be, before a magistrate of the first class, and any publication seized under sub-section (2) shall be produced, as soon as may be, before the court which issued the warrant. (4) If in the opinion of the magistrate or court such publication is a harmful publication, the magistrate or court may cause it to be destroyed, but if, in the opinion of the magistrate or court, such publication is not a harmful publication, the magistrate or court shall dispose of it in the manner provided in sections 523, 524 and 525 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898).

Young Persons (Harmful Publication) Act, 1956 Section 3

Title: Penalty for Sale, Etc., of Harmful Publications

State: Central

Year: 1956

(1) If a person-- (a) sells, lets to hire, distributes, publicly exhibits or in any manner puts into circulation, any harmful publication, or (b) for purposes of sale, hire, distribution, public exhibition or circulation, prints, makes or produces or has in his possession any harmful publication, or (c) advertises or makes known by any means whatsoever that any harmful publication can be procured from or through any person, he shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both. (2) On a conviction under this section, the court may order the destruction of all the copies of the harmful publication in respect of which the conviction was had and which are in the custody of court or remain in the possession or power of the person convicted.

Young Persons (Harmful Publication) Act, 1956 Complete Act

Title: Young Persons (Harmful Publication) Act, 1956

State: Central

Year: 1956

Preamble1 - YOUNG PERSONS (HARMFUL PUBLICATIONS)ACT, 1956 Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Penalty for sale, etc., of harmful publications Section4 - Power of Government to declare harmful publications forfeited Section5 - Appeal to High Court against order of forfeiture Section6 - Power to seize and destroy harmful publications Section7 - Offences under this Act to be cognizable

Young Persons (Harmful Publication) Act, 1956 Preamble 1

Title: Young Persons (Harmful Publications)act, 1956

State: Central

Year: 1956

THE YOUNG PERSONS (HARMFUL PUBLICATIONS) ACT, 1956 [Act, No. 93 of 1956] [28th December, 1956] PREAMBLE An Act to prevent the dissemination of certain publications harmful to young persons. be it enacted by Parliament in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

Young Persons (Harmful Publication) Act, 1956 Section 4

Title: Power of Government to Declare Harmful Publications Forfeited

State: Central

Year: 1956

(1) The State Government may, if it is of opinion after consultation with the principal law officer of the State, whether called the Advocate-General or by any other name, that any publication is a harmful publication, declare, by order notified in the Official Gazette, that every copy of such publication shall be forfeited to the Government and every such notification shall state the ground for the order. (2) Without prejudice to the provisions contained in sub-section (1) of section 6, where there is an order of forfeiture under sub-section (1) in respect of any publication it shall be lawful for any police officer to seize the same wherever found in the territories to which this Act extends.

Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....(1) in respect of any publication it shall be lawful for any police officer to seize the same wherever found in the territories to which this Act extends. SECTION 05: APPEAL TO HIGH COURT AGAINST ORDER OF FORFEITURE Any person aggrieved by an. order of forfeiture passed by the State Government under Sec. 4-may, within sixty days of the date of such order apply to the High Court to set aside the order, and upon such application the High Court may pass such order as it deems fit. SECTION 06: POWER TO SEIZE AND DESTROY HARMFUL PUBLICATIONS (1) Any police officer or any other officer empowered in this behalf by the State Government may seize harmful publication. (2) Any Magistrate of the first class may, by warrant, authorize any police officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector to enter and search any place where any stock of harmful publication may be or may be reasonably suspected to be, and such police officer may seize any publication found in such place if in his opinion it is a harmful publication. (3) Any publication seized under the dub section(1) shall be produced, as soon as may be, before a Magistrate of the first class, and any publication seized.....

Young Persons (Harmful Publication) Act, 1956 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1956

In this Act,-- (a) "harmful publication" means any book, magazine, pamphlet, leaflet, news-paper or other like publication which consists of stories told with the aid of pictures or without the aid of pictures or wholly in pictures, being stories portraying wholly or mainly-- (i) the commission of offences; or (ii) acts of violence or cruelty; or (iii) incidents of a repulsive or horrible nature; in such a way that the publication as a whole would tend to corrupt a young person into whose hands it might fall, whether by inciting or encouraging him to commit offences or acts of violence or cruelly or in any other manner whatsoever; (b) "State Government" in relation to a Union territory, means the administrator thereof; (c) "young person" means a person under the age of twenty years.

Young Persons (Harmful Publication) Act, 1956 Section 1

Title: Short Title, Extent and Commencement

State: Central

Year: 1956

(1) This Act may be called the Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1956. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Public Records Act, 1993 Section 3

Title: Power of the Central Government to Co-ordinate, Regulate and Supervise Operations Connected with Administration, Management, Etc., of Public Records

State: Central

Year: 1993

.....of records and application of standards, procedures and techniques of records management; (j) survey and inspection on public records; (k) organising training programmes in various disciplines of Archives administration and records management; (l) accepting records from any private source; (m) regulating access to public records; (n) receiving records from defunct bodies and making arrangement for securing public records in the event of national emergency; (o) receiving reports on records management and disposal practices from the records Officer; (p) providing authenticated copies of, or extracts from, public records; (q) destroying or disposal of public records; (r) obtaining on lease or purchasing or accepting as gift any document of historical or national importance.

Karnataka Public Libraries Act, 1965 Chapter III

Title: Department of Public Libraries

State: Karnataka

Year: 1965

.....and library man-power of the State; (g) perform such other functions as may be entrusted to the Department by or under the provisions of this Act. Section 14 - Director of Public Libraries 1 [Director of PublicLibraries] (1) A whole-time officer having the prescribed qualifications to practise the library profession shall be appointed by the State Government as the1 [Director of Public Libraries]. (2) The 1 [Director of Public Libraries] shall,- (a) function as the Librarian of the State Central Library; (b) superintendent, direct, and deal with all matters relating to the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 (Central Act 25 of 1867) and to the maintenance and service of the books sent under the said Act; (c) control the appointments, postings, and transfers of officers and servants in the State Library Service; (d) generally assist the State Library Authority in performing its functions; (e) exercise such other powers and performs such other duties as may be conferred or imposed on him by or under this Act. _________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 30 of 1984 w.e.f. 22.5.1984 Section 14 - Director of Public Libraries 1 [Director of.....