Vernacular press act
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Explanation:
Provisions of the Vernacular Press Act, 1878
District Magistrate was entrusted with the power to call upon the printer and publisher of any Vernacular newspaper to enter into an undertaking with the govt to ensure that they don t publish anything which may incite the public feeling or create disaffection towards the government or that may create enmity based on caste, religion or race.
Publisher had to deposit the security and in case of infringement of the provision of the act the security could be forfeited.
If the offence reoccurred even the press equipment could be seized.
All the proof sheets of contents of newspapers and magazines were to be submitted to police rather than judiciary before publication.
Decision of the Magistrate in such cases was considered final and no appeal could be made against such action in the court of law.
If the vernacular language newspaper could submit the proof to a government censor then it could get exemption form the application of the act