Identification of publisher
13C Identification of publisher
S. 13C inserted by No. 56/1998 s. 4.
A person who publishes a document intended for sale or distribution (whether to the public generally or to a restricted class or number of persons) or for public display must print on the document sufficient information to enable a person to reasonably identify the person who published the document.
- 120 penalty units.
S. 13C(2) amended by No. 79/2011 s. 41.
A person who publishes a document is to be taken to have satisfied the requirement in subsection (1) if the person prints on the document in a conspicuous place and in durable, legible characters the name of that person, or if that person carries on business under a name registered under the Business Names Registration Act 2011 of the Commonwealth, that name, and the address of that person or the place at which that person carries on business.
It is a defence if a person charged with an offence against subsection (1) proves that the document was not published in Victoria.
An offence against subsection (1) is a summary offence.
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