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The 1[Karnataka] Dramatic Performances Act, 1964

The 1[Karnataka] Dramatic Performances Act, 1964

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The Karnataka Dramatic Performances Act, 1964 regulates public theatrical shows, plays, and pantomimes across the state of Karnataka. It applies to theater organizers, performers, play authors, and owners or occupiers of public performance venues. The law empowers state authorities and local commissioners to prohibit public performances deemed objectionable, such as those inciting violence, undermining state authority, causing religious offense, or displaying obscenity. It matters because it gives the state control over public entertainment to maintain law and order, establishing procedures to review scripts, issue prohibition notices, impose penalties for non-compliance, and allow appeals to the High Court.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adapatations of Laws Order. 1973 w.e.f. 01.11.1973
  3. 2. Definitions.
  4. 3. Power to prohibit objectionable performance.
  5. 4. Power to prohibit objectionable performances temporarily.
  6. 5. Service of order of prohibition.
  7. 6. Penalty for disobeying order or contravening undertaking.
  8. 7. Penalty for disobeying prohibition.
  9. 8. Power to call for information.
  10. 9. Power to call for copy of purport of drama, etc.
  11. 10. Appeal to High Court.
  12. 11. Offences by companies.
  13. 12. Saving of prosecutions under other laws.
  14. 13. Protection for acts done in good faith.
  15. 14. Power to make rules.
  16. 15. Repeal.

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