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'File 32/7 (4/6) Bahrain Cinemas' [84v] (168/200)
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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2
Cinematograph Act, 1918.
4. Licensing authority. —The authority having power to grant
licenses under this Act (hereinafter referred to as the “licensing
authority”) shall be 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 :
Provided that the Local Government may, by notification in the
local official gazette, constitute for the whole or any part of a Province
such other authority as it may specify in the notification to be the
licensing authority for the purposes of this Act.
5. Restrictions on powers of licensing authority. — (1) The licensing
authority shall not grant a license under this Act, unless it is satisfied
that—
(а) the rules made under the Act have been substantially complied
with; and
(б) adequate precautions have been taken in the place in respect
of which the license is to be given to provide for the safety
of persons attending exhibitions therein.
(2) A condition shall be inserted in every license that the licensee
will not exhibit, or permit to be exhibited, in such place any film other
than a film which has been certified as suitable for public exhibition by
^an authority constituted under section 7], and which, when exhibited,
displays the prescribed mark of that authority, and has not been altered
or tampered with in any way since such mark was affixed thereto.
(J) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, and to the
control of the Local Government, the licensing authority may grant
licenses under this Act to such persons as it thinks fit, and on such
terms and conditions and subject to such restrictions as it may
determine.
6. Punishment for contravention of this Act and rules made there
under. —(7) If the owner or person in charge of a cinematograph uses
the same or allows it to be used, or if the owner or occupier of any place
permits that place to be used, in contravention of the provisions of this
Act or the rules made thereunder, or of the conditions and restrictions
upon, or subject to which, any license has been granted under this Act,
he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
and, in the case of a continuing offence, with a further fine which
may extend to one hundred
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
for each day during which the offence
continues and his license (if any) shall be liable to be revoked by the
licensing authority.
(2) If any person is convicted of an offence punishable under this
Act committed by him in respect of any film, the convicting Court may
further direct that the film shall be forfeited to His Majesty.
2 [7. Certification of films. — (7) Any Local Government authorised
in this behalf by the Governor General in Council may, by notification
in the local official gazette, constitute as many authorities as it may
1 These words and figures were substituted for the words “the prescribed authority”
by s. 3 of the Cinematograph (Amendment) Act, 1919 (23 of 1919).
2 This section was substituted by s. 4 of the Cinematograph (Amendment) Act, 1919
(23 of 1919).
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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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- 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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