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'File 32/7 (4/6) Bahrain Cinemas' [87v] (174/200)
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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8
The Cinematograph Rules, 1920.
(3) Every such application shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed
under rule 23.
15. On receipt of such application the Secretary shall depute an
Inspector to examine the film within a period of seven days and shall
direct him to report for the information of the Board the nature of
the film and whether it is suitable for public exhibition or not.
16. The report of the Inspector shall be placed before the Board
who shall decide whether the film is to be certified for public exhibition
or not.
17. In the event of the Board deciding 1 that the film can only be
certified after certain specified parts have been removed therefrom, the
Board shall require the applicant to submit *an undertaking to the
effect that the parts objected to have been removed from the film and
from all copies of the film in his possession. The film shall thereupon
be certified as suitable for public exhibition, the certificate issued being
endorsed with a description of the parts required to be omitted.
18. In the event of the report of the Inspector being unfavourable,
or in the event of the Board being doubtful as to the suitability or
otherwise of a film for public exhibition, the Board shall appoint a
Sub-Committee consisting of not less than two of its members to examine
the films and submit a report for consideration at the next meeting of
the Board. Similarly a Sub-Committee may be appointed to examine a
film regarding which a representation has been received from any
member of the public or from the person who applied for its examination
and certification.
19. On receipt of the report of the Sub-Committee, the Board'shall
decide as to the suitability or otherwise of the film for public exhibition.
20. If the Board is of opinion that a film is not suitable for public
exhibition, the Secretary shall inform the person applying for the
certificate within a period of three days of the decision olt the Board.
21. All certificates granted by the Board shall *bear the signature
of the President, and the Secretary shall see that such certificates are
duly issued and that all instructions of the Board with regard to them
are duly carried out. The prescribed mark of the Board shall be a
copy of this certificate which shall be affixed to the film certified.
22. In exceptional and urgent cases, provisional certificates may
be granted by the President on his own authority, subject to confirma
tion by the Board at the first meeting following the date on which such
certificate w r as granted.
23. A fee shall be charged at the rate of Rs. 5 for every thousand
feet, or fraction of a thousand feet, of film examined. In the case of
an unobjectionable film a certificate will be issued under section 7 of
the Act, in accordance with the procedure laid down in those rules.
No separate fee shall be charged for the certificate, except in the case*
of a duplicate certificate, for which a fee of Re. 1 shall be charged.
f23A. The Board shall have power to reduce, at their discretion,
fees under rule 23 in respect of scientific films from Rs. 5 to Rs. 2 for
every thousand feet or fraction of a thousand feet. Educational films
shall be exempt from any fees under the said rule.
♦Political Department notification No. 6716P., dated the 17th May 1921.
fPolitical Department notification No. 11926P., dated the 20th September 1935.
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence