.Printed [* * *] [The words "or lithographed " omitted by Act 55 of 1955, Section 9 (w.e.f. 1.7.1956).] copies of the whole of every book which shall be printed [* * *] [The words "or lithographed " omitted by Act 55 of 1955, Section 9 (w.e.f. 1.7.1956).] in [India] [Substituted by Act 3 of 1951, [Section 3 and Sch., for States " (w.e.f. 1.4.1951).] after this Act shall come into force, together with all maps, prints or other engravings belonging thereto, finished and coloured in the same manner as the best copies of the same, shall, notwithstanding any agreement (if the book be published) between the printer and publisher thereof, be delivered by the printer at such place and to such officer as the State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, from time to time direct, and free of expense to the Government, as follows, that is to say:

(a) in any case, within one calendar month after the date on which any such book shall first be delivered out of the press, one such copy, and,

(b) if within one calendar year from such day the State Government shall require the printer to deliver other such copies not exceeding two in number, then within one calendar month after the day on which any such requisition shall be made by the State Government on the printer, another such copy, or two other such copies, as the State Government may direct,

(i) any second or subsequent edition of a book in which edition no additions or alterations either in the letter-press or in the maps, prints or other engravings belonging to the book have been made, and a copy of the first or some preceding edition of which book has been delivered under this Act, or

(ii) any [newspaper] [Substituted by Act 14 of 1922, Section 3 and Sch.,I, for "periodical work " .] published in conformity with the rules laid down in section 5 of this Act.