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Supplement to Official Gazette

THE CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS DECREE 1966 Decree No.2 [17thJanuary 1966) THE FEDERAL MILITARY GOVERNMENT hereby decrees as follows: 1.- (1) Any provision made before the coming into force of this Decree by a local government council, a city or town council or any other municipal authority which prohibits or restricts the distribution or general sale of any newspaper in any part of 1 igeria shall cease to have effect on the coming into force of this Decree. (2) Any person who after the coming into force of this Decree, whether alone or with any other person, and whether as a member of a municip…