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The Telangana Objectionable Performances Prohibition Act, 1956

The Telangana Objectionable Performances Prohibition Act, 1956

General195616 sections

This law applies to the entire state of Telangana and targets any public performance such as plays, burrakatha, or ballads that are considered objectionable. It empowers the state government and district officials to ban these performances if they incite violence, promote hatred between different social groups, insult religious feelings, or are obscene. The law aims to maintain public order and prevent performances that could destabilize the government or disrupt social harmony by giving authorities the power to prohibit such acts after providing organizers a chance to respond.

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  1. 1. Short title and extent.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Power to prohibit objectionable performances.
  4. 4. Power to prohibit objectionable performances temporarily.
  5. 5. Service of order of prohibition.
  6. 6. Penalty for disobeying order.
  7. 7. Penalty for conducting prohibited performances.
  8. 8. Power to grant warrant to police to enter, search, arrest and seize.
  9. 9. Power to call for information.
  10. 10. Power to call for copy of, purport of, drama etc.,
  11. 11. Appeal to High Court
  12. 12. Saving of, prosecutions under other laws
  13. 13. Protection for acts done in good faith
  14. 14. Power to make rules
  15. 15. Other laws not affected
  16. 16. Repeal of Central Act 19 of 1876

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