{
    "id": 15244,
    "slug": "bihar-control-of-the-use-play-of-loud-speakers-act-1955",
    "title": "Bihar Control of the Use & Play of Loud-Speakers Act, 1955",
    "short_title": "Bihar Control of the Use & Play of Loud-Speakers Act, 1955",
    "act_number": "(Bihar Act 12 of 1955)",
    "act_year": 1955,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Bihar Control of the Use & Play of Loud-Speakers Act, 1955",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "sections": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and extent.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 0
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) \"loud-speaker\" means an instrument to augment small sounds, vocal, instrumental or recorded; and\n(ii) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 1
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Restriction against use and play of loud-speakers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) within such distance as may be prescribed from a hospital or from a building in which there is a telephone exchange; or\n(b) within such distance as may be prescribed from any educational institution maintained, managed, recognised or controlled by the State Government, a University established under any law for the time being in force, or a local authority or admitted to such University, or any hostel maintained, managed or recognised by such institution when such institution or hostel is in the use of students; or\n(c) within such distance as may be prescribed from a building in which a Court is held during the hours of working of such Court; or\n(d) between the hours of 10 P.M. and 6 A.M. without the permission in writing of the prescribed authority:",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 2
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Exemption.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 3
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Application for permission to use loud-speaker.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 4
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Cognizance of offence under this Act.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Power to seize loud-speaker.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Offences to be bailable.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Penalty.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Power to make rules.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Repeal.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "bh072",
        "Act Number": "(Bihar Act 12 of 1955)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1955",
        "Short Title": "Bihar Control of the Use & Play of Loud-Speakers Act, 1955",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}