The Act defines a "newspaper" as a periodical of loose-folded sheets usually printed on newsprint and brought out daily or at least once a week, containing information on current events, public news, or comments on public news.
A "periodical" is any publication, including a newspaper, which is published and printed at regular intervals containing public news or comments on public news. However, it does not include a book or a journal of scientific, technical, and academic nature.
"Publication" means newspapers, magazines, journals, or newsletters printed periodically and published in India. It includes reproduction in electronic form or any syndication, facsimile edition, for public distribution or access.
"Publishing" means the process of making a work available to the public by issuing or causing to be issued the copies thereof or in any other manner, whether for a price or free of charge. The word "publishing" shall be construed accordingly.
A "facsimile edition" of a periodical means an exact reproduction of the original edition of a foreign publication in English or an Indian language included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution.
According to the Act, a "journal" means a periodical publication, other than a magazine, which primarily carries academic, scientific, or technical content related to a particular discipline or profession.
A "publisher" is a person responsible for publishing any periodical.
A "printer" is the owner or keeper of a printing press. A "keeper" is a person who manages the day-to-day operations of a printing press, and the owner of which is a non-individual entity.
"Printing" means the reproduction of a periodical through any technology involving mass production of copies, excluding photocopying.
An "owner" is an individual, firm, or any such legal entity owning a periodical.
"Title," in relation to a periodical, means the name of such periodical as may be verified by the Press Registrar General. It should be printed prominently and legibly as the masthead on the front page of that periodical by which it shall be known or be identified.
T h e "specified authority" refers to a District Magistrate or District Collector or such other officer as the State Government or, as the case may be, Union Territory Administration may specify by notification.