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CHAPTER25:
14
PRI
NTEDPUBLICATI
ONSACT
Acts12/1975,37/
1977( s.26)
, 11/1985;22/2001(s.4)
;R.G.N1135/ 1975.
ANACTt oconsol
idateandamendt helawr el
ati
ngtothepri
nt i
ngandpubl icat
ionofbooks,
newspapers,peri
odicalsandot herprint
edpubl i
cati
onsandt hepreservat
ionofbooks,
newspapers,peri
odicalsandot herprint
edpubl i
cati
onspublishedinZimbabwe.
[Dateofcommencement :14t
hMar ch,1975.]
1
Shortti
tl
e
ThisActmaybeci tedast hePr i
ntedPublicati
onsAct[Chapter25:14].
2
Inter
pretat
ion
InthisAct—
“book” i ncl
udes—
anewspaper ,per i
odical orot herpr i
ntedpubl i
cati
onpublishedatr egularorir
regularint
erval
s;
and
everypar tordivisi
onofabook, pamphl et,sheetofpri
nti
ng, map,plan,chartortableseparatel
y
published;
“Mi nister” meanst heMi nisterofHomeAf fai
rsoranyotherMi ni
stertowhomt hePr esi
dent
may, fr
omt imet otime, assignt headmi nistrati
onofthi
sAct .
Expressionsrefer r
ingt opr inti
ngshal linthisActbeconst ruedasi ncludingreferencestoany
othermeansofr epr esentingorr eproduci ngwor dsorfi
gur esinvi
sibleform.
3
Actnott oext endtopar l
iamentarypaper s
Nothinginthi
sActcontai
nedshallext
endtoorbeconstr
uedasextendingtoanyreport
,
minutesorotherbookorpaperpri
ntedorpubl
ishedbytheorderorundertheaut
hori
tyof
Parl
iamentfortheuseofParl
iament.
4
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ti
cular
stobesetoutinbookspr
intedorpubli
shedinZimbabwe
(1)Eachbookpr intedorpubl i
shedi nZi mbabweshal lbearani mpr i
ntl egi
bl ysetti
ngout —
thef ullandcor rectnameoft hepr interconcernedandt hepl acewher esuchbookwaspr i
nted;
and
thef ullandcor rectnameoft hepubl i
sherconcer nedandhi splaceofbusi ness;and( c)t
he
yearofpubl icati
onofsuchbook.
(2)Aper sonwhoknowi ngly— ( a)pr intsorpubl i
shes;or
(b)causest obepr i
ntedorpubl ished;abookwhi chdoesnotbearani mpr intreferr
edt oin
subsect i
on( 1)shal l
,subjecttosubsect i
on(3),begui l
tyofanof fenceandl iabletoaf inenot
exceedi ngl evel f
ourort oimprisonmentf oraper i
odnotexceedi ngthr eemont hsort oboth
suchf i
neandsuchi mpr i
sonment .
[Subsect ionasamendedbysect ion4ofActNo.22of2001]
(3)TheMi ni
stermay—
byst atutor yinstrumentexemptf romt herequir
ement sofsubsect i
on( 1)suchcl assesofbooks
usedf ort hepur posesof —( i
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cour tsofl aw;or
statutorybodi esest ablishedbyorunderanyl aworanOr derinCounci lmadei npursuanceof
theRhodesi aandNyasal andAct ,1963, oftheUni t
edKi ngdom;or
tradeorbusi ness, asmaybespeci fi
edi nsuchnot ice;or
subjectt osuchcondi ti
onsashemayi mposeandupont heappl i
cationi nwr i
tingofthepr i
nter
orpubl i
sherofapar t
icularbook, exemptf r
omt her equir
ement sofsubsect ion( 1)all
oranyof
thecopi esofsuchbook.
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ver yofbookspubl i
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ainl i
braries
(1)Subj
ecttothi
ssecti
on,t
hepublisherofeachbookpubli
shedinZimbabweshall,
wi t
hina
peri
odofthir
tydaysfr
omthedat eofpubli
cati
onofsuchbook,donat
eanddeliverfr
eeof
chargeacopyofsuchbookt o—
theDir
ectorofNati
onalAr
chivesappoint
edintermsofsect
ion3oftheNati
onalArchivesof
ZimbabweAct[ Chapter25: 06];and
theDirectoroftheNational Li
braryandDocument ati
onServiceref
erredtoinsect
ion6ofthe
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yandDocument ati
onSer viceAct[Chapt er25:10]
;and
theauthorit
yhavingcont rolofthePublicLi brar
y,Bulawayo.
(2)Eachoft hepersonsr eferr
edt oinpar agraphs( a)and(c)ofsubsecti
on(1)shall
—
givear eceipti
nwr i
ti
ngf oreachcopyofabookdel i
ver
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,asthecasemaybe, i
n
termsofthatsubsection;and
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her wisedirect
s ,
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