Licensing use of loudspeakers, etc.

37. Licensing use of loudspeakers, etc. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 36 and of any orders made under section 31, no person shall use or operate,— (i) in or upon any premises any loudspeaker or other apparatus for amplifying any musical or other sound, at such pitch or volume as to be audible beyond fifty feet from such premises; (ii) in any open space any loudspeaker or other apparatus for amplifying any musical or other sound, at such pitch or volume as to be audible beyond two hundred feet from the place at which the musical or other sound is produced or reproduced, except under and in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted by the Superintendent or in such local area by such other officer as the State Government, may, by notification in the official Gazette specify in this behalf. (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall be applicable to such area from such date as the Government may by notification in the official Gazette specify. On the application of sub-section (1) to any area, no local authority shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, be competent to grant a licence for the use of loudspeakers or other apparatus for amplifying any musical or other sound.