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The Assam Cinemas (Regulation) Rules, 1960
The Assam Cinemas (Regulation) Rules, 1960
Sections
1. Short title and extent.
Section 12. Definitions.
Section 23. Kinds of licences.
Section 34. Construction of cinema building.
Section 45. Application for licence.
Section 56. Licence for permanent cinema.
Section 67. Fee for permanent cinema licence.
Section 78. Application for temporary indoor cinema licence.
Section 89. Licence for temporary indoor cinema.
Section 910. Fee for temporary indoor cinema licence.
Section 1011. Application for temporary open air cinemas.
Section 1112. Licence for temporary open air cinemas.
Section 1213. Fees for temporary open air cinemas.
Section 1314. Application for touring cinemas.
Section 1415. Licence for touring cinemas.
Section 1516. Fees for touring cinema licence.
Section 1617. Intimation for change of venue of exhibition.
Section 1718. Recommendations to State Government.
Section 1819. Inspections.
Section 1920. Free access to Inspecting Officers.
Section 2021. Additions and alterations.
Section 2124. Constructions.
Section 2426. Smoking prohibited.
Section 2627. Sale of tickets.
Section 2728. Maintenance of records.
Section 2829. Deputation of responsible person.
Section 2930. Exits.
Section 3031. Seating.
Section 3132. Gangways.
Section 3233. Stairways.
Section 3334. Parking arrangements.
Section 3435. Fire precautions.
Section 3536. Ventilation.
Section 3637. Cleanliness.
Section 3738. Approved design laterines etc.
Section 3839. Enclosure for apparatus.
Section 3940. Entrance to the enclosure and means of ventilation.
Section 4041. Position of enclosure.
Section 4142. Opening in enclosure.
Section 4244. Smoking, light, etc.
Section 4445. Enclosure, fire precautions in.
Section 4546. Enclosure, general precautions in.
Section 4647. Cinema machine.
Section 4752. Spools.
Section 5254. Electrical installation generally.
Section 5455. Electric cables and apparatus.
Section 5557. Voltage limit.
Section 5758. Electrical circuits, separation of.
Section 5859. Lantern illuminant lighting.
Section 5960. Premises, lighting of.
Section 6061. Resistances.
Section 6162. Operators.
Section 6273. Revocation or suspension of licence.
Section 7374. Exemption for existing cinema houses.
Section 74
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"content": "(a) \"No application certificate. A certificate from the Municipal Town Committee, Gram Panchayat, District Council or Development Authority wherever such authority exists having jurisdiction over the area that there is no objection to the erection of the proposed cinema building;\n(b) complete plans, elevations and sections in duplicate, of the premises and all erections or buildings thereon drawn correctly to the scale of one-eight of an inch to one foot and showing the width of all stairways, and the number of steps in each, the width of corridors, gangways and door-ways, the height of the galleries or tiers and the details of the cinematograph and of the plant or the generation or conversion of electrical energy;\n(c) a site plan in duplicate on a separate sheet drawn to the scale of one-fortieth of an inch to one foot showing the position of the premises in relation to any adjacent premises and to the public thoroughfares upon which the site of the premises abuts, and the arrangements, proposed for the parking of motor car and other vehicle;\n(d) specifications of the various materials proposed to be used in the construction of the building.",
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"content": "(a) full particulars regarding the ownership of, and all rights in, the premises and in the cinematograph apparatus to be used therein;\n(b) a true copy of the 'No objection certificate' under sub-rule (2) of Rule 4;\n(c) certificate from the Executive Engineer. P.W.D., of the area that the rules relating to the structural features of the building have been duly complied with;\n(d) certificate from the Electricity Department of the Government that the electrical installations conform to the required standard and the existing rules;\n(e) certificate from the District Officer or any other competent authority of Public Health Department that the arrangements for sanitation conform to the requirements of the rules;\n(f) an \"Approved Films Exhibition Certificate\" from the Officer-in-charge of Distribution, Film Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India to the effect that the arrangements have been made for getting regular supply of 'approved films' for the duration of the period for which licence is applied for;\n(g) a treasury receipt for the payment of fees for licence at the rate prescribed;\n(h) a clearance certificate from the Superintendent of Taxes of the area concerned to the effect that no amount of tax due under the Assam Amusement and Betting Tax Act, 1939, has retained unpaid.",
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"content": "(i) full particulars regarding the ownership of, and all rights in the cinematograph to be used;\n(ii) a true copy of the \"No objection certificate\" under sub-rule (2) of Rule 4;\n(iii) a treasury receipt for the payment of fees for licence at the rate prescribed;\n(iv) a clearance certificate from the Superintendent of Taxes of the area concerned to the effect that no amount of tax due under the Assam Amendment and Betting Tax Act, 1939, has remained unpaid.",
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"content": "(a) The Licensing Authority or any officer nominated by it for the purpose of carrying out the duties of the Licensing Authority under the Act and the Rules and for checking that the provisions of the Act, the rules framed thereunder and the conditions of the licence are being duly complied with;\n(b) Any Police Officer who is required by a general or special order the Licensing Authority or the District Superintendent of Police to attend the same;\n(c) The officers of competent jurisdiction of the Department of Public Health, Public Works and Electricity for the purpose of seeing that the provisions of these Rules are being duly observed; and\n(d) Regional Officer under the Central Board of Film Censors or an officer authorised by him in writing.",
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"content": "(b) The number of persons admitted at any time into any part of the place licensed shall not exceed such number as may be specified in the licence. No person shall be permitted to remain in any of the intersecting gangways.",
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"content": "(b) The licensee shall also make arrangements to the satisfaction of the Licensing Authority for the orderly marshaling of persons desirous of purchasing tickets at the licensed place. Such number of booking office windows shall be provided in cinema house for the sale of tickets to the public as the Licensing Authority may determine in order to present congestion of entrances.\n(c) The licensee shall cause to be affixed and displayed in a conspicuous manner in the cinema premises or at the booking office a price-list showing the various rates charged for tickets or different classes which are kept, offered or exposed by him for sale and also the hours or business during which such sale with be effected and no sale shall be effected except during the hours notified;\n(d) Every licensee shall print or cause to be printed on the face of every ticket, pass or other evidence of the right of admission to be sold or kept, offered or exposed for sale, the price charged therefor plus entertainment tax, if any, and he shall at no time charge for any such ticket, pass or evidence of the right of admission a price in excess of what is printed therein.\n(e) Every ticket shall be tom into two parts at the time of admission, one part thereof, shall be retained by the gate-keeper, the other part remaining with the holder.",
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"number": "29",
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"content": "(b) All persons responsible for or employed in connection with the exhibition shall take all due precautions for the prevention of accidents and shall abstain from any act whatever which tends to cause fire and is not reasonably necessary for the purpose of the exhibition. The licensee or the agent or manager nominated by him in writing as aforesaid shall see that the operators and every other person who may be called upon to handle inflammable film within the building for any purpose are fully instructed as to the dangers arising from the use of inflammable film, the precautions to be observed to prevent risk of ignition and the steps to be taken in the event of a film smouldering or catching fire.",
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"number": "30",
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"content": "(b) Two separate exits shall be provided to every floor or gallery and no stairway shall discharge into a passage or corridor against or across the direction of the exit; provided that the Licensing Authority may accept any other arrangements which are likely to ensure adequate safety.\n(c) Every exit from the auditorium shall provide a clear opening space of not less than 7 feet high and 5 fee wide.\n(d) All doors shall open outwards and there shall be no type of fastening on any door liable to become slipped, dropped, or secured during a performance.\nIf the doors be secured by locks, the lock shall be opened and the key removed during performance.\n(e) The doors when opened shall be such as not to obstruct the exit passage way on the outside.\n(f) There shall be no steps in such doorways nor shall any batten, carpet or other object be so placed at or near any doorway a to be likely to cause stumbling\n(g) No staircase, landing lobby, corridor or passage, not being an internal passage between rows of seats, intended for use as an exit shall be less than 5 feet wide and there shall be no recesses or projections in the walls of such passengers, gangways or corridors within 5 feet of the ground.\n(h) The words 'Exit' or its vernacular equivalent shall be conspicuously fixed on the auditorium side of each doorway.",
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"number": "31",
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"content": "(b) No part of the auditorium shall provide accommodation exclusive of passage, at a higher scale than 20 persons per 100 square feet.\n(c) All seats in the auditorium excepting those contained in private boxes shall be firmly secured to the floor. Chairs with folding seats shall be provided wherever required by the Licensing Authority.\nWhere benches are provided, the benches shall have arms suitably fixed so that each seal is separate.\n(d) In all cases, there shall be a vacant space of at least one foot between the back of one seat and the front of the seat immediately behind measured between perpendiculars.\n(e) The distance between the screen and the front row of seats should not be less than the width of the screen itself.",
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"content": "(b) Where possible, gradients or inclined planes shall be used instead of steps but no gradients or inclined plane shall be steeper than 1 in 10.",
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"number": "33",
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"content": "(b) All staircases shall be constructed entirely of bricks, stone, cement or concrete with fire-resisting roof and ceiling and shall have solid square (as distinguished from span drill) steps and landings of approval stone or of such other fire-resisting material and construction as may be approved by the Licensing Authority with treads not less than 11 inches wide and with risers of not more than 6 inches high (each lapping at least one inch over the back edge of the steps below it) in flights of not more than 15 or less than 3 steps.\n(c) The treads and risers of steps on each flight shall be of uniform width and height.\n(d) A continuous hand rails shall be fitted to each side of stairways.",
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"content": "(b) No vehicle shall be parked or allowed to stand in such a way as to obstruct exits or impede the rapid dispersal of the persons accommodated in the building in the event of fire or panic.",
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"content": "(b) All fire extinguishing appliances shall at all times be maintained in proper working order and available for instant use and all chemical fire-extinguishers shall be capable of withstanding a pressure of not less than 250 lbs. per squire inch.\n(c) During an exhibition, all fire-extinguishing appliances shall be in charge of some person or persons specially nominated for this purpose. Such persons need not be employed exclusively in looking after the fire appliances but they must not be given any other work during an exhibition which would take them away from the building or otherwise prevent them from being immediately available in case of danger or alarm of fire.\n(d) The building shall be provided with an efficient lighting conductor.",
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"number": "36",
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"content": "(b) Unless the auditorium is air-conditioned the means of ventilation shall take the form of natural ventilation and power-driven exhaust fans suitably located and of adequate size for the purposes intended.\n(c) Where natural ventilation is provided by windows or sky-lights which have to be darkened or obscured, free permanent top ventilation shall be arranged by means of ridge or ceiling ventilators. The clear opening of such ventilators shall not be less than one square foot for every 10 persons than can be accommodated.",
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"number": "37",
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"content": "(b) Spittoons. The cinema hall shall be provided with a sufficient number of spittoons in suitable places for use of the public. The spittoons shall contain a strong disinfectant and shall be emptied as often a necessary. Notices for using such spittoons shall be displayed in prominent parts of the cinema.\n(c) Sanitary accommodation. Urinals and privy accommodations on the scale given below for the seating accommodation of the auditorium and the staff shall be provided separately for each sex with a minimum of one urinal place or utensil for every fifty persons of each sex and one privy for every hundred persons of each sex for whom seating accommodation is provided. In calculating the number of conveniences required under this rule, any number of persons less than 50 shall be reckoned as one hundred and fifty respectively.",
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"content": "(ii) The site and situation of every sanitary convenience shall be such that no effluvia therefrom can arise within the rooms of the premises.\n(iii) No sanitary convenience shall communicate with any room except through the open air or through an intervening air space.\n(iv) Every sanitary convenience shall be under cover and so partitioned off as to secure privacy and shall have proper door and fastenings.",
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"content": "(b) No fans, heaters or motors may be connected to the lighting circuits. All wall plugs and sockets must be of 3-pin type of approved Home/office hand-shield pattern and able to be plugged in one position only. All metal clad apparatus used on the socket must be earth bonded. The system of wiring employed shall be in accordance with the Indian Standard Code of Practice for electrical wiring and fittings in buildings.\n(c) Every circuit in the premises shall be identified by its description and number each Distribution Box shall contain, and affixed within its cover, an identification card by description and number so permitting instant identification in emergency.\n(d) An emergency lighting system consisting of colza oil lamps may be provided; provided such lamps are always kept trimmed and burning during the whole of any performance and afford sufficient illumination in the opinion of the competent authority of the Department of Electricity. Each attendant shall carry an efficient electric torch or lamp.",
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"content": "(i) he possess a minimum general education up to Cl. VIII standard and has completed two years' apprentice training in operation of Projector machine;\n(ii) he is thoroughly conversant with the municipal bye-laws and other rules relating to cinematograph exhibitions and precautions against fire;\n(iii) he is acquainted with the most speedy and effective methods of dealing with fire;\n(iv) he possesses a fair knowledge of the elements of electric power, direct and alternating current, voltage, amperage, etc., and in the case of muffasil operators, a working knowledge of petrol and oil engines if such engines are ever used for exhibitions;\n(v) he is proficient in the handling, winding, repairing and efficient cleaning of film; and\n(vi) the certificate shall bear, affixed upon it, a certified photograph of the holder.\nPart III\nRules for the Licensing of Temporary and Touring Cinemas\n63.\n64.\n65.\n66.\n67.\n68.\n69.\n(b) The provisions of the rules in Part II of these Rules shall apply mutatis mutandis to licences for temporary and touring cinemas.\n70.\nConditions\nConditions\nA.\nB.\nC.\nD. Rewinding of films.\nE. Emergency lighting.\nF. Location of projector and allied apparatus.\n(ii) \"Fire precautions in reserved space with Amateur Standard Projector. - One bucket of sand, one bucket of water and a blanket shall be kept within the reserved space. A large sponge shall be kept in the bucket of water. No naked light nor any light other than an efficiently protected electric bulb light, no matches or smoking materials shall be within the reserved space.\n(i) The verandah be of fire-resisting material in any part within ten feet of the apparatus.\n(ii) No person other than the operators are allowed on the verandah within ten feet of the apparatus.\n(iii) The doorway, window or other aperture through which the beam of light is protected be securely closed throughout the exhibition with a fire-resisting screen in which shall be not more than two orifices for the operation of the apparatus. Such orifices shall not be larger than 8 inch by 8 inch, and each shall be provided with a stout sheet of glass further protected by a falling shatter of fire-resisting material in such a way that each can be instantly released by the operator in case of need.\n(iv) Any other doorway, window or aperture within ten feet of the apparatus be entirely blocked with a fire-resisting screen in which there shall be no opening of arty description.\n(v) If a doorway be blocked under the provisions of sub-Clauses (iii) and (iv) above, there shall be available other doorways in sufficient number and so placed as to ensure ready entrance and exit to the audience from the auditorium.\n(vi) Fire precautions at the projector. - No drapery and no unprotected combustible materials other than such materials as may compose the floor shall be within ten feet of the cinematograph, nor shall naked rights, matches or smoking utensils or tobacco be taken within the reserved space of (ii) above. Two chemical fire extinguishers, two buckets of water, one of which shall contain a large sponge an a blanket shall be kept at the projector.\nG. Temporary enclosure.\n(1) Construction. - A smoke proof box constructed of sheet iron or steel on a substantial frame work and securely fastened together. The internal height from floor to roof shall be at least 8 feet. If one machine is to be operated the floor space shall not be less than 48 square feet. If more than one machine is to be operated therein an additional 24 square feet shall be provided for each additional machine. The enclosure shall otherwise itself conform in every other respect to a permanent enclosure:\n(2) Electrical and other accessory apparatus. - All apparatus situated therein shall similarly conform to that in a permanent enclosure, subject to such apparatus being of a portable and not of a permanently fixed nature.\n(3) General working. - The requirements regarding care in working, fire-fighting appliances, prohibition of inflammable materials, lights, matches, smoking utensils, film rewinding and admission of the public prescribed for permanent enclosure in permanent cinemas shall apply to temporary enclosure for occasional exhibitions.\n71.\n72.\nPart IV",
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"content": "(a) that the licence was obtained through fraud or misrepresentation; or\n(b) that the licence has committed a breach of any of the provisions of the Act or the rules made thereunder or any condition or restriction contained in the licence or of any direction issued under sub-section (2) of Section 5 of the Act; or\n(c) that the building and installations are not maintained in proper order; or\n(d) that the cinema is used or conducted in a manner prejudicial to the public interest:",
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{
"number": "74",
"title": "74. Exemption for existing cinema houses.",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Form A\nForm A\nNo Objection Certificate\nNo Objection Certificate\n[ Rule 4]\nDeputy Commissioner...........\nForm B\nForm B\nForm of Licence (Permanent Cinemas)\nForm of Licence (Permanent Cinemas)\n[ Rule 6]\nDeputy Commissioner of...........\nForm C\nForm C\nForm of Licence (Temporary Indoor Cinemas)\nForm of Licence (Temporary Indoor Cinemas)\n[ Rule 9]\nDeputy Commissioner of...........\nForm D\nForm D\nForm of Licence (Temporary Open Air Cinemas/Touring Cinemas)\nForm of Licence (Temporary Open Air Cinemas/Touring Cinemas)\n[ Rules 12 and 15 ]\nDeputy Commissioner of...........\nSchedule of Conditions and Restrictions\n1.\n2.\n3.\n4.\n5.\n6.\n(a) to exhibit at any performance more than 2,000 feet of approved films of 35 mm. size or the corresponding footage of approved films of 16 mm. size; or\n(b) to exhibit any approved film which has been show for more than two weeks continuously;\n(c) to re-exhibit any approved film which has been shown for two continuous weeks; or\n(d) to exhibit approved films to the full extent indicated hereinbefore in the event of sufficient number or length of approved films not being available for the time being.\n7.\n8.\n9.\n(a) any film other than a film which has been certified by the Board of Film Censor as suitable for unrestricted public exhibition or for public exhibition restricted to adults and which, when exhibited, displays the prescribed mark of the Board and has not been altered or tampered with in any way since such mark was affixed thereto;\n(b) any film which has been certified by the Board of Film Censors as suitable for public exhibition restricted to adults, to any person is not an adult.\n[Note. This condition shall not be construed as prohibiting the exhibition of a film in respect of which an 'A' certificate has been granted to children in arms below the age of three].\n10.\n11.\n12.\n13.\n14.\n15.\n16.\n17.\n18.\n19.\n20.\nNote. - There will be no restriction on the number of shows in a day on Sundays and public holidays; provided that no show shall be allowed after mid-night.\n21.\n22.\n(i) in a storage shed constructed of suitable uninflammable materials, the doors and ventilators may be of wood and shall open outwards; or\n(ii) in a tent, placed on private ground and separated by a distance of not less than 25 feet from any dwelling house, other building, highways, street or public place.\n23.\n24.\n25.\n26.\n27.\n(ii) The examination room shall be constructed of fire resisting materials only and well ventilated to the outside air.\n(iii) Not more than two rolls of film shall only be opened for examination at any one time per examiner and not more than 100 rolls in all shall be under examination or repair at any one time.\n28.\n29.\n30.\n31.\n(i) full instruction as to the action to be taken in case of fire; and\n(ii) full directions as to the means of escape from the room in case of fire.\n32.\n33.",
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"metadata": {
"Act ID": "Last Updated 11th February, 2020 [ass089]",
"Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. GAG 254/59/64, dated the 16th December, 1960",
"Enactment Date": "",
"Act Year": "1960",
"Short Title": "The Assam Cinemas (Regulation) Rules, 1960",
"Type": "STATE",
"Location": "Assam"
},
"updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}