Newspaper Publication Act 1798

Newspaper Publication Act 1798

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An 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.
Citation	38 Geo. 3. c. 78
Territorial extent	Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent	28 June 1798
Commencement	7 August 1798 [a]
Repealed	15 September 1836
Other legislation
Repealed by	Stamp Duties on Newspapers Act 1836
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted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 of 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]

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 32 of the Stamp Duties on Newspapers Act 1836 (6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 76).

Notes

1. Section 1.

References

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