- The Act was designed to better control the vernacular press and effectively punish and repress seditious writing. - It allowed the government to confiscate the printing press, paper, and other materials of a newspaper if it published anything objectionable. - The Act was highly unpopular and was repealed by Lord Ripon in 1882.
W ho among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act ?
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2011 · UPPSC Upper Mains 2007 · Topic: Development of Press in Modern India (Legislative Measures to Control the Press (e.g., Vernacular Press Act 1878, Press Act 1910))
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