(1) If the Chief Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner has reason to believe that an objectionable1 dramatic performance is about to take place, he may, by order, direct that no such dramatic performance shall take place in any public place within any area, unless a copy of the piece, if and so far as it is written, or some sufficient account of its purport, if and so far as it is in pantomime, has been furnished, not less than seven days before the performance, to the Chief Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be.
(2) A copy of any order made under sub-section (1) may be served on the owner or occupier of the public place in which such performance is intended to take place, and if thereafter he does or, willingly permits, any act in disobedience of such order, he shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
Power to call for copy or purport of drama, etc.