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(1) Any publisher of a newspaper who is required to make a declaration under section 7 of the Travancore Press Act, 1079 or section 5 of the Cochin Press and Registration of Books Act, VII of 1097, may be required by the Magistrate before whom the declaration is made, for reasons to be recorded in writing, to deposit with the Magistrate within thirty days from the day on which the declaration is made, security to such an amount, not being more than one thousand rupees, as the Magistrate may in each case think fit to require, in money or the equivalent thereof in Government securities as the person making the deposit may choose: Provided that if a deposit has been required under Sub Section (3) from any previous publisher of the newspaper, the security which may be required under this sub-section may amount to three thousand rupees. (2) Where security required under, sub-section (l)has been deposited in respect of any newspaper, and for a period of three months from the dale of the declaration mentioned in sub-section (1) no order is made by the Government under section 42 in respect of such newspaper the security shall, on application by the publisher of the newspaper, be refunded. (3) Whenever it appears to the Government that a newspaper published within the State or Travancore-Cochin in respect of which security under the provisions of this Act has not been required or having been required has been refunded under sub-section (2), contains any words signs or visible representations of the nature referred to or described in section 41, sub-section (1), the Government may by notice in writing to the publisher of such newspaper, stating or describing such words, signs or visible representations, require the publisher to deposit with the Magistrate within whose jurisdiction the newspaper is published, security to such an amount, not being less than five hundred or more than two thousand rupees, as the Government may think fit to require in money or the equivalent thereof in Government securities as the person making the deposit may choose. (4) Such notice shall appoint a date, not being sooner than the tenth day after the date of issue of the notice, or before which the deposit shall be made,