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Question
Write a short note to show what you know about the Vernacular Press Act.
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Solution
Modelled on the Irish Press Laws, it was passed in 1878. This law gave the government tyrannical rights to censor reports and editorials in the vernacular press. If a seditious report was published and the newspaper did not heed an initial warning, then the press was seized and the printing machinery confiscated. This was a complete violation of the freedom of expression.
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