Newspaper Publication Act 1798

Newspaper Publication Act 1798
Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long titleAn act for preventing the mischiefs arising from the printing and publishing newspapers, and papers of a like nature, by persons not known; and for regulating the printing and publication of such papers in other respects.
Citation38 Geo. 3. c. 78
Dates
Royal assent28 June 1798
Other legislation
Repealed byStamp Duties on Newspapers Act 1836
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Newspaper Publication Act 1798 (38 Geo. 3. c. 78) was an Act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. The Act restricted the printing and circulation of newspapers and made newspaper proprietors identify themselves to the government. The Act aimed to reduce slander.[1]

References

  1. ^ R. A. Melikan, John Scott, Lord Eldon, 1751–1838. The Duty of Loyalty (Cambridge University Press, 1999), pp. 127–128.