https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272638 A one-sheet poster or handbill was held not to be a "paper" for the purposes of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 because the statute was directed principally to printing presses and publications such as books, newspapers and pamphlets, and the term could not be stretched to cover every printed sheet. Reading the Act more broadly would produce an overbroad and impractical result, and the absence of any definition of "paper printed" left no basis to extend liability to the poster. As a result, omission to print the printer's name on the poster did not amount to a contravention, and the conviction under the penalty provision could not stand. en-us Thu, 16 Jul 1942 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 10 May 2018 12:56:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272638 A one-sheet poster or handbill was held not to be a "paper" for the purposes of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 because the statute was directed principally to printing presses and publications such as books, newspapers and pamphlets, and the term could not be stretched to cover every printed sheet. Reading the Act more broadly would produce an overbroad and impractical result, and the absence of any definition of "paper printed" left no basis to extend liability to the poster. As a result, omission to print the printer's name on the poster did not amount to a contravention, and the conviction under the penalty provision could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 16 Jul 1942 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272638