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The Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867, shall, in its application to the [State] be amended as follows: (i) In section 9, first paragraph, clause (a) (which relates to the delivery to the Government of copies of books by the printer of a press), for the words "one such copy", the words "five such copies" shall be substituted. (ii) In the same section, in the last paragraph, clause (i), for the words "a copy of the first or some preceding edition of which book has been delivered". The words "five copies of the first or some preceding edition of which book have been delivered" shall be substituted. (iii) In section 11, for the first sentence; the following sentence shall be substituted, namely:- "Out of the five copies delivered" pursuant to clause (a) of the first paragraph of section 9 of the Act, four copies shall be sent to the central library referred to in section 4, clause (a), of the Madras Public Libraries Act, 1948, and the fifth copy shall be disposed of in such manner as the [State] Government may, from time to time, determine." Substituted by the Adaptation Order 1950.