1. Short title and extent.—(1) This Act may be called the Press Council Act, 1978.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Council;
(b) “Council” means the Press Council of India established under section 4;
(c) “member” means a member of the Council and includes its Chairman;
(d) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(e) the expressions “editor” and “newspaper” have the meanings respectively assigned to them in
the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 (25 of 1867), and the expression “working journalist”
has the meaning assigned to it in the Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees
(Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (45 of 1955).
3. Rule of construction respecting enactments not extending to *the State of Jammu and
Kashmir or Sikkim.—Any reference in this Act to a law which is not in force in *the State of 1
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Sikkim shall, in relation to that State, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force
in that State.
STATE AMENDMENT
Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
Section 3.--Omit "Jammu and Kashmir or".
[Vide Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, Notification No.
S.O. 1123(E), dated (18-3-2020) and vide Union Territory of Ladakh Reorganisation (Adaptation of
Central Laws) Order, 2020, notification No. S.O. 3774(E), dated (23-10-2020).]