https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272637 The Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 requires every book or paper printed in India to bear the printer's name and place of printing. The court treated a four-page unstitched leaflet containing systematic allegations against named persons as a pamphlet, and therefore a "book" within the Act, because the statutory definition is broad and defamatory content does not prevent classification as a pamphlet or treatise. The concurrent finding that the leaflet had been printed at the applicant's press was not reopened in revision. The conviction and sentence for breach of the printing-particulars requirement were upheld. en-us Fri, 23 May 1958 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 10 May 2018 12:35:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272637 The Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 requires every book or paper printed in India to bear the printer's name and place of printing. The court treated a four-page unstitched leaflet containing systematic allegations against named persons as a pamphlet, and therefore a "book" within the Act, because the statutory definition is broad and defamatory content does not prevent classification as a pamphlet or treatise. The concurrent finding that the leaflet had been printed at the applicant's press was not reopened in revision. The conviction and sentence for breach of the printing-particulars requirement were upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 23 May 1958 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272637