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'File 32/7 (4/6) Bahrain Cinemas' [‎87r] (173/200)

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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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The Cinematograph Rules, 1920.
7
(b) submit an annual report to the Local Government reviewing the
work done by the Board during the past financialt year; and
(c) prescribe the manner in which the registers and accounts of the
Board shall be kept.
12 . (7) The Board shall annually prepare and submit, for the
sanction of Government, a schedule of the establishment they consider
necessary for carrying out the purposes of the Act.
(2) The Board shall have the power to appoint the Inspectors, clerks
and other officers and menials in accordance with such schedule, and
shall also have the power to suspend or remove such officers and servants.
12A. *When a servant of the Government is appointed to be an
officer or servant of the Board, the Board may pay, in addition to his
salary, any contribution which may, for the time being, be levied by
the Government in respect of his pension or leave allowance.
Remuneration of Members and Secretary of the Board.
13. The members of the Board and the Secretary shall be paid a
fee of Rs. 16 each for every meeting of the Board *and of any Sub-
Committee appointed under rule 18 at which they attend, and such
charge shall be debited to the “Cinematograph Act Fund”.
Certification of Films and Procedure thereon.
14. (7) When the importer of a film or his authorised agent, or the
proprietor or manager of any place desires to have a film certified for
public exhibition he shall submit an application in writing to the
Secretary.
(2) Every such application shall contain the following particulars,
viz: —
(а) the length of the film;
(б) the name of the film;
(c) the name of the person or company by whom the film is
produced;
(d) *The name of the country in wdiich the film was oricrinally
produced;
(e) a statement whether the film has or has not been examined
previously by any authority in British India constituted
under section 7 of the Act, and if upon such examination
whether the film was or was not certified by the said authority
as suitable for public exhibition;
(/) the place licensed under the Act, where the applicant desires
to produce and exhibit the film at his own cost before the
Board’s Inspectors for examination; and
{g) the time most suitable to the applicant for such examination.
♦Political Department notification Ko. 6716P., dated the 17th May 1921.
tPolitical Department notification No. 11831P., dated the 12thNovember 1924.

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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)
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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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