(1) The Government of Nepal shall appoint one Press Registrar to perform the function of maintaining records of all details of magazines published from Nepal.
(2) The functions, duties and powers of the Press Registrar appointed
pursuant to Sub-section (1) shall be as follows:
(a) To give approval for the issuance of permanent certificate of magazines pursuant to Section 7;
(b) To obtain from the Local Authority all details of magazines registered pursuant to Section 7 and
maintain records thereof;
(c) To obtain information from the Local Authority with respect to alterations made from time to time in the
names, languages, types, periods of publication, places of publication etc. of magazines and maintain up-to-
date records;
(d) To prepare an annual report on matters of names, languages, types, periods of publication, places of
publication etc. of magazines to be published within Nepal;
(e) To give advice to the Government of Nepal on the facilities to be provided to magazines;
(f) If any person requests for details with respect to any magazine for the purpose of providing an
advertisement in the magazine, to provide details by collecting the fees as prescribed;
(g) To perform such other functions and actions as prescribed to be performed by the Press Registrar
pursuant to this Act or other laws in force.
(3) Other provisions relating to the Press Registrar shall be as prescribed.