Section 13: Licensing of places for exhibition of films.―(1) Save as otherwise provided in this

13. Licensing of places for exhibition of films.―(1) Save as otherwise provided in this Chapter, no person shall give a public exhibition by means of cinematograph elsewhere than in a place licensed under this Ordinance or otherwise than in compliance with any condition and restriction imposed by such license. (2) The authority having power to grant a license under this Ordinance, hereinafter referred to as the licensing authority, shall be the Provincial Government: Provided that the Provincial Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify for the whole or any part of the Province such other authority as it may specify in the notification to be the licensing authority for the purposes of this Chapter. (3) The licensing authority shall not grant a license under this Chapter in respect of any place unless it is satisfied that― (a) the rules made under this Chapter have been complied with ; and (b) adequate precautions have been taken in respect of the place for which the license is to be given to provide for the safety and health of persons attending exhibition therein. (4) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, the licensing authority may grant a license under this Chapter to such applicant as it deems fit and on such terms and conditions and subject to such restriction as it may determine 1[, including the maximum charges for the admission of persons to the exhibition of a film in a place in respect of which such licence is granted]. (5) Where the authority specified by the Provincial Government under the proviso to sub- section (2) to be the licensing authority consists of more persons than one, no decision of the licensing authority shall be invalid by reason only of the existence of a vacancy in, or defect in the constitution of, the said authority.

Effective date: 1979-01-01

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