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'File 32/7 (4/6) Bahrain Cinemas' [84r] (167/200)
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 Act, 1918.
ACT No. II OF 1918 1 2 .
(As amended by Act XXIII of 1919.)
[Passed by the Indian Legislative Council.]
[Received the assent of the Governor-General on the 6th March 1918.)
An Act to make provision for regulating exhibitions by means of Cinematographs.
[As modified up to the 15th March, 1934.]
^HEREAS it is expedient to make provision for regulating
exhibitions by means of cinematographs; It is hereby enacted as
follows: —
1. Short title, extent and commencement. —{!) This Act may be
called the Cinematograph Act, 1918.
(2) It extends to the whole of British India, including British
Baluchistan.
2 [(3) The 3 4 [Local Government] may, by notification in the ‘[local
official Gazette] direct that the whole or any of its provisions shall come
into force in any Province or part of a Province on such date as may be
specified in the notification.]
2. Definition. —In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in
the subject or context,—
“cinematograph” includes any apparatus for the representation of
moving pictures or series of pictures;
“place” includes also a house, building, tent or vessel; and
“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act.
3. Cinematograph exhibitions to be licensed. —Save as otherwise
provided in this Act, no person shall give an exhibition by means of a
cinematograph elsewhere than in a place licensed under this Act,^ or
otherwise than in compliance with any conditions and restrictions im
posed by such license.
1 For Statement of Object and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1917, Pt. V, p. 74 ; for
Report of Select Committee, see ibid, 1918, Pt. V, p. 11 ; and for Proceedings in
Council, see ibid, 1917, Pt. VI, p. 703, and ibid, 1918, Pt. VI, pp. 38, 94 and 275.
2 This sub-section was substituted by s. 2 of the Cinematograph (Amendment) Act,
1919 (23 of 1919).
*These words were substituted for the words “Governor General in Council” by s. 2
and Sch. I of the Devolution Act, 1920 (38 of 1920).
4 These words were substituted for the words “Gazette of India”, ibid.
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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:
- ordinance for licensing and controlling cinemas and other places of public amusement compiled by the Government of Bahrain (ff 66-69);
- government of Bengal From c. 1758-1858, the East India Company's administration in Bengal. From 1773-1833, the most senior of the three subdivisions of India, also known as the Supreme Government of India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. , Political Department, Manual of the Bengal Board of Censors, 1936 (ff 80-99).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (100 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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 View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/817
- Title
- 'File 32/7 (4/6) Bahrain Cinemas'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 5r:6v, 8r:8v, 12r:13v, 16r:27v, 29r:32v, 34r:34v, 36r:37v, 39r:42v, 44r:44v, 51r:51v, 54r:56v, 60r:60v, 62r:63v, 70r:99v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence