Press Council Act,1978
[ACT NO 37 OF 1978]
[7thSeptember 1978]
An Act establish a Press council for the purpose of preserving the freedom of the Press and of maintaining the standards of newspaper and news agencies in India.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows.
Section 1. Short title and extent
(1) THIS Act may be called the press Council Act,1978.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.