17. Amendment to Act 32 of 1958.—

In the Kerala Cinema Regulation Act, 1958 (32 of 1958),—

(1) in section 2, after clause (1), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— "(1A) "Local Authority" means a village panchayat constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) or a municipality constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994) as the case may be;"; (2) in section 4, for the words "Executive authority" the word "Secretary" shall be substituted; (3) in section 6,— (a) in sub-section (1), for the words "the enactments specified in the Schedule as in force in any part of the State", the words, figures and brackets "the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) and the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994) shall be substituted; (b) in sub-section (2), the words "and with the previous concurrence of the local authority concerned" shall be omitted; (4) in section 10,— (a) in sub-section (1), for the words "one thousand rupees" the words "ten thousand rupees" and for the words "one hundred rupees" the words "one thousand rupees" shall be substituted ; (b) in sub-section (2), for the words "one hundred rupees" the words "one thousand rupees" shall be substituted; (5) the Schedule shall be omitted.