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'File 32/7 (4/6) Bahrain Cinemas' [‎85r] (169/200)

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The record is made up of 1 file (100 folios). It was created in 7 Apr 1934-22 Jan 1949. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Cinematograph Act, 1918.
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think fit for the purposes of examining and certifying films as suitable
for public exhibition, and declare the area (hereinafter referred to as the
‘local area’) within which each such authority shall exercise the powers
conferred on it by this Act. Where an authority so constituted consists
of a Board of two or more persons, not more than one-half of the members
thereof shall be persons in the service of Government.
(2) If any such authority after examination considers that a film is
suitable for public exhibition, it shall grant a certificate to that effect
to the person applying for the same, and shall cause the film to be marked
in the prescribed manner. The certificate of any such authority shall,
save as hereinafter provided, be valid throughout the territories in which
this Act is in force.
(3) (a) If the authority is of opinion that a film is not suitable for
public exhibition in the local area, it shall inform the person applying
for the certificate of its decision, and such person may, within thirty
days from the date of such decision, appeal for a reconsideration of the
matter by the Local Government by which the authority was constituted.
(h) If the Local Government rejects the appeal it shall, by notifica
tion in the local official gazette, direct that the film shall be deemed to
be an uncertified film in that local area, and such direction shall have
effect notwithstanding the subsequent grant of a certificate in respect of
the film by any other such authority.
(4) Any such authority may demand the exhibition before itself of
any certified film which it has reason to believe is about to be publicly
exhibited in its local area, and may by order suspend the certificate of
any such film pending the orders of the local Government, and during
such suspension the film shall be deemed to be an uncertified film in that
area.
(-5) The District Magistrate, or in a Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. -town or in the town
of Rangoon, the Commissioner of Police, may by order suspend the
certificate of any film pending the orders of the Local Government, and
during such suspension the film shall be deemed to be an uncertified film
in that district or town.
(6) A copy of any order of suspension made under sub-section (4)
or (*5), together with a statement of reasons therefor, shall forthwith be
forwarded by the authority or the officer making the same to the Local
Government by which the authority was constituted or to which the
officer is subordinate, as the case may be, and such Local Government
may, in its discretion, either discharge the order or, by notification in
the local official gazette, direct that the film shall be deemed to be an
uncertified film in the whole or any part of the Province.
(7) A Local Government may, of its own motion, by notification in
the local official gazette, direct that a certified film shall be deemed to be
an uncertified film in the whole or any part of the Province.
(8) The exhibition of a film to which any order or direction under
clause (b) of sub-section (3) or sub-section (4), (o), (6) or (7) is for the
time being applicable shall, in the area to which such order or direction
relates, be deemed to be a contravention of the condition mentioned in
sub-section (2) of section 5.]

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This file contains correspondence regarding the establishment of a cinema in Bahrain. The file contains correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain concerning the desirability of opening a cinema in the country and the logistics involved in doing so. The file contains a letter from April 1937 (in English and Arabic) in which Belgrave grants two members of the Al Khalifa family permission to establish a cinema in Bahrain.

The file contains a number of letters from other individuals and companies interested in establishing a cinema in the country (ff 9-11,14,28,58-59).

The file also contains documentation regarding the licensing and censorship of films as follows:

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1 file (100 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 100; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-57; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A mixed foliation/pagination sequence covers the file notes between ff 70-79. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. Pagination: the file includes a booklet (ff 80-99) which contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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