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'File 32/7 (4/6) Bahrain Cinemas' [86v] (172/200)
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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6 The Cinematograph Rules, 1920.
5 . (1) The Secretary shall give at least three days’ notice of all
meetings to each member.
(2) The said notice shall state the business to be transacted at the
meeting, and no business other than that so stated shall be transacted
except with the consent of the majority of the members present.
(3) Any urgent matter may, if the President thinks fit, be circulated
at any time to the members for their opinion.
6 . At every meeting of the Board, four* members shall form a
quorum.
Conduct of Proceeding at Meetings.
£
7. Every meeting shall be presided over by the President of the
Board or, in his absence, by a Chairman elected at the meeting.
8 . In the case of an equality of votes, the President shall have a
second or casting vote.
9 . The office of the Board shall be attached to the office of the
Commissioner of Police, Calcutta.
Procedure at Meetings.
10. It shall be the duty of the Board at each meeting—
(1) to consider the business stated in the notice of the meeting,
and any other business that the members present may agree
to consider in accordance with sub-rule (2) of rule 5;*
(2) to examine the reports of the Inspectors, and pass such orders
thereon as may seem to them to be necessary;
(3) to hear any representations from the importers of films or their
authorised agents, or from the members of the public in
respect of the reports of the Inspectors, or may examine any
matter in regard to a film already certified as suitable for
public exhibition; and
(4) to keep a record of their proceedings in such forms as may seem
advisable.
Other Duties of the Board-
11. The Board shall—
(a) submit an annual budget to the Local Government, showing
the estimated receipts and disbursements of the Board for the
ensuing year;
•Political Department notification No. 6716 P., dated the 17th May 1921.
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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