3.3 Newspapers and Magazine

The statute: the Press and Publication Act, 2048 (1991) — the print regime: Registration (not licensing): the lighter touch — the publisher registers the title with the registrar; the state cannot refuse registration except on the statutory grounds; the print's no- scarcity logic (anyone may print, the market decides) vs. broadcast's licensing (Unit 1.3's distinction); The imprint duty: every publication carrying the printer-publisher-editor's names and address — the responsibility triangle (the editor's answerability for content); The Working Journalists Act, 2051: the journalists' appointment and conditions — the profession's employment floor; Foreign publications: the import rules — the entry's registration and the ban powers (their constitutional limits); The state-press question: Gorkhapatra's state ownership — the public-media transformation debate (the state broadcaster's independence question, Unit 9's trends).