The Gujarat Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 2004
The Gujarat Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 2004
The Gujarat Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 2004, establishes the legal framework for operating cinemas and exhibiting films within the State of Gujarat. It mandates that no person may exhibit films via a cinematograph without a valid license issued by the designated authority, such as the Police Commissioner or District Magistrate. The Act prioritizes public safety and order, empowering authorities to suspend screenings if they threaten public peace. It grants the State Government authority to set rules, grant exemptions, and oversee licensing. For citizens, this ensures that movie theaters are safe, regulated environments, while providing a clear legal process for theater owners to obtain and maintain their operating licenses.
- 0. Preamble
- 3. Cinematograph exhibitions to be licensed
- 4. Licensing authority
- 5. Restriction on powers of licensing authority
- 6. Power of State Government or licensing authority to suspend exhibition of films in certain cases
- 7. Penalties for contravention of Act
- 8. Power to revoke or suspend licence
- 9. Appeal
- 10. Revision
- 11. Any person who, considering himself aggrieved by an order of the State Government under section 9 or 10, desires to obtain a review of the order passed against him, on the ground of some mistake or error apparent on the face of the record or on the ground that some new tact has been discovered which could not be placed earlier before the licensing authority or the State Government inspite of due diligence on the part of such person, may, within such period
- 12. Power to make rules
- 13. Power to exempt
- 14. Delegation of power under section 13
- 15. Repeal and savings
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