"ملف 32/7 (4/6) دور السينما في البحرين" [و‎‎٨‎٥] (٢٠٠/١٦٩)

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-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.]