Section 3

For the purpose of this section “printing press” means the machine, equipment or article for printing, copying or reproducing any document described in Schedule I.

The Minister may grant to any person a licence to keep for use or use a printing press and he may refuse any application for such licence or may at any time revoke or suspend such licence for any period he considers desirable.

Any person who keeps for use or uses a printing press without a valid licence granted under subsection (3), or in contravention of any conditions imposed therein, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to both and the deposit made under section 10 shall be liable to be forfeited.

A printing press which is kept for use or used in respect of which no licence has been granted shall be ordered to be forfeited by

8 Laws of Malaysia the court notwithstanding that no person is convicted of any offence and where there is no prosecution it shall be disposed of in accordance with section 19.

For the purpose of this section the owner, occupier and any person having the care or management or assisting in the management of any premises in which such printing press is found shall be deemed to have kept the same for use until he proves the contrary.

The Minister may by order published in the Gazette amend