New'spu pers. [Ch. 30. No. 8.

dollars together with one or more sureties, as may be
required and approved by the Registrar General. The
conditions of such bond shall be that cach proprictor,
printer and publisher shall pay to His Majesty every
penalty which may at any time be imposed upon or
adjudged against him or them upon any conviction for
printing or publishing any blasphemous or seditious or
other libel at any time after the execution of such bond,
and also any damages and costs on every judgment for
the plaintiff in any action for libel against such proprietor,
printer or publisher and all other penalties whatsoever
which may be imposed upon or adjudged by any court
against him or them under the provisions of this Ordinance.

7. A surety shall be released from his bond upon giving
written notice to the proprietor, printer and publisher of the
newspaper to that effect and filing a copy of such notice
with the Registrar General. In such case the surety shall
be released from further liability upon the bond from and
after the expiration of twenty days from the date of the
filing of a copy of the notice as aforesaid.

Provided that notwithstanding any such release such
surety shall continue to be lable in respect of all penalties
incurred by and all damages and costs adjudged against
any such proprictor, printer or publisher in respect of any
proceedings commenced within six months of the date of
such release for any blasphemous or seditious or other libel
printed or published, or for any offence under this Ordinance
committed before the date of such release.

8. The Registrar General may at any time during the
continuance of a bond call wpon the surety or surctics
thereof to satisfy him as to means and for that purpose may
require a statutory declaration justifying such means.
Upon failure of the surety or sureties to satisfy him as
aforesaid, the bond shall become null and void and the
Registrar General shall thereupon notify in writing the
partics to the bund to that effect.

9. Whenever any surety has paid the whole of the sum
for which he has become surety, or dies, or has been declared

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Release of
surety.

Kegistrar
General may
call on
surety to
justify.

Bond null
and void.