Cap. 248 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"broadcast" means the transmission by wire or over the air, including that by satellite, in encoded or unencoded form of words or of visual images, whether or not such words or images are in fact received by any person; "editor" means the person responsible for the publication of any printed matter and in respect of a newspaper or broadcasting service includes any person complying with the provisions of article 35; "Malta" has the same meaning as is assigned to it by article 124 of the Constitution of Malta; "newspaper" means any paper containing news, advertisements, intelligence, occurrences, or any comments or observations thereon, printed for sale or to be distributed free or in any other manner, and published daily or periodically;

"person" includes a body of persons, whether it has a distinct legal personality or not;

"printed matter" means any writing printed in typographical characters or by lithography or any similar device or process on paper or other substance, as well as any bill, placard or poster containing any sign or script written, printed, painted, embossed or in any other manner impressed, and includes any record, tape, film or other means whereby words or visual images may be heard, perceived or reproduced; "publication" means any act whereby any printed matter is or may be communicated to or brought to the knowledge of any person or whereby any words or visual images are broadcast;

"publisher" means a person who owns an enterprise publishing a newspaper or who holds a broadcasting licence and includes any person who owns facilities for the production or reproduction of any printed matter; "Registrar" means such person as the Prime Minister may, from time to time by notice in the Government Gazette, designate as Press Registrar for the purposes of this Act.