The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-14 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(non ova own oomeroirozpr.)
PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
I have received the text of the new bill on the
press, and proceed to translate it :
Art. 1. Every Frenchman of full age, and enjoying his
civil and political rights, may, without previous authorisa-
tion, publish a journal or periodical writing, appearing
either regularly and on fixed days or irregularly.
Art. 2. No journal or periodical writing can be published
unless there shall have been made fifteen days previously,
at the prefecture of police in Paris, or at the prefecture
in the department, a declaration containing :-1. The title
of the jourral or periodical writing, and the epochs at
which it is to appear ; 2. The name, residence, and extent
of interest of the proprietors other than commanditaires
3. The name and address of the manager. 4. The address
of the printing office at which it is to be printed. Any
change in the above conditions is to be declared within
fifteen days from the original declaration. Every contra-
vention of this article is punishable according to the pro-
visions of Art. 5 of the decree of Feb. 17, 1852.
Art. 3. Journals and periodical writings exclusively de-
voted to letters, science, fine arts, or agriculture, are
exempt from stamp duty, unless they contain advertise-
ments of any kind whatsoever. In the latter case, such
journals are subjected to one-third of the stamp duty
fixed by Article 6 of the decree of Feb. 17, 1852, provided
always that the pure and simple publication of official
notices and the official quotations of securities at the
Bourse are not to be considered as advertisements.

Arta. 4,5, and 6, contain further provisions relative to
stamp duties and supplements.
Art. 7. At the moment of the publication of every
number or issue of a journal or periodical writing, two
copies signed by the responsible manager, or by one of
several responsible managers. meet be deposited at the
prefecture of capitals of departments, or for capitals of
arrondissement at the sub-prefecture, or for other towns
at the mayoralty. Like deposits must be made at the
office of the Procurenr Imperial, or at the mayoralty in
towns where there is no Tribunal of First Instance. These
copies are exempt from stamp duty.
Art. 8. No journal or periodical writing can be signed
by a member of the Senate or Corps Legialatif in the ohs.
meter of responsible manager. In case of contravention
the article will be considered as unsigned, and the printers
and proprietors will be liable to a fine of from 300 fr. to
5,000 f r.

Art. 9. The publication by a Journal or periodical writ-
ing of an article signed by a person deprived of his civil
and political rights, or who is interdicted from entering
French territory,• is punishable by a fine of from I,ooofr.
to 3,000 fr., which will be inflicted upon the editors or
manager of the publication.
Art. 10 contains regulations of procedure.

Art. 11 enacts that in cases where fines alone without
imprisonment shall be inflicted upon • journal, the
minimum of the fine for political journals shall be the
fifteenth part and the maximum the half of the caution
money, and that in ease of non-political journals, the fine
shall vary from 500 fr. to 10,000 fr.
Art. 12. Every individual convicted of a press misde-
meanour may be suspended for a period not exceeding
five years from the exercise of his electoral rights.
Art. 13. Any condemnation for • crime committed by
the press entails, as of course, the suspension of the
journal the manager of which may have been so convicted.
In case of a second misdemeanour within two years the
tribunals may suspend the journal for a period not leas
than fifteen days nor more than two months. A suspension
of from two to six months may be pronounced after a third
condemnation within the lame time. It may also be pro-
nounced on • first condemnation if the grounds of the sen-
tence find • provocation to any of the crimes mentioned in
Art. 88, 87, and 91 of the penal code. During the period
of suspension the caution money will remain deposited in
the treasury, and cannot be applied to any other purpose.
Art. 14. The provisional execution of the judgment or
decree which pronounces the suspension or suppression ei
a journal or periodical publication may be appealed against,
as also the consignment of the fine without prejudice to
the provisions of Art. 29, 30, and 31 of the decree of the

• This includes tho trials Bourbon family of both
Inanshon,