The Maharashtra Cinemas (Regulations) Act
The Maharashtra Cinemas (Regulations) Act
The Maharashtra Cinemas Regulations Act regulates the licensing and operation of public film screenings and cinema venues across the state. It applies to cinema owners, operators, and local licensing authorities such as municipal police commissioners and district magistrates. This legislation matters because it secures the safety and order of public entertainment spaces by enforcing strict safety standards, regulating ticket sales to prevent black marketing, and allowing the government to suspend films that threaten public peace. Additionally, it mandates the projection of educational and news films, ensuring movie theaters remain safe, orderly, and socially beneficial environments for the general public.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Cinematograph exhibitions to be licensed.
- 4. Licensing authority.
- 5. Restrictions 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.
- 8A. Appeal.
- 8B. Revision.
- 8C. Delegation of powers.
- 9. Power to make rules.
- 10. Power to exempt.
- 11. Repeal of Act II of 1918.
- 12. Further repeal and savings.
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