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Identification of owner and editor - 54 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1701

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                                CHAPTER 17
                                NEWSPAPERS

     Sec.
     1701.  Identification of owner and editor.
     1702.  Changes in information to be published.
     1703.  Penalty.

        Enactment.  Chapter 17 was added December 16, 1982, P.L.1309,
     No.295, effective in 90 days.
     § 1701.  Identification of owner and editor.
        Every newspaper published in this Commonwealth, whether
     published monthly, weekly, biweekly, semiweekly or daily, or
     whether such publication is at regular or irregular intervals,
     shall publish on the editorial page, in a conspicuous position,
     at the top of the reading matter the name of the owner or
     proprietor of such newspaper, together with the name of the
     managing editor thereof. If a newspaper is owned or published by
     a corporation, then the name of the corporation shall be
     published, together with the name of the president and managing
     editor thereof, and if a newspaper is owned or published by a
     partnership or limited partnership, then the names of the
     partners and the managing editor shall be published in like
     manner.

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