Consider the following statements regarding Indian Press during British period.

(A) The Licensing Regulation, 1823 required : (a) Every printer and publisher to obtain licence for starting a press or using it; (b) The Governor-General had the right to revoke licence or call for a fresh application.

(B) The emergency caused by the Uprising of 1857 led the Government to reimpose restrictions on the press. Act XV of 1857 reintroduced licensing restrictions in addition to the existing registration procedure laid down by the Metcalfe Act.

(C) In March 1941, the Government of India appointed a Press Enquiry Committee and charged with the duty of examination of the press laws.

(D) The Newspapers Act, 1908 empowered the Magistrates to confiscate printing press, property connected thereto of newspapers which published objectionable material which served as incitement to murder or acts of violence.

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