(1) Any producer of registered Mobile Theatre desirous of continuing the Mobile Theatre in the succeeding year s also, shall make an application before 31st of day of March every year before the Director for renewal of the registration of the Mobile Theatre, in the prescribed form, on payment of such fees, as may be prescribed. The application shall be accompanied by an Income Tax Clearance Certificate and Entertainment Tax Clearance Certificate in respect o f the previous year.
(2) On receipt of an application for renewal of registration, the Director shall after an enquiry caused to be made, if satisfied that the Mobile Theatre group has successfully completed their performance during the preceding year, and has been maintaining the required infrastructure, equipments, requisite number of artists and other staff and other requirements under this Act, may grant renewal of registration and issue a Renewal Certificate of Registration to the Mobile Theatre for the relevant year before 30th day of April every year.
2226 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY. SEPTEMBER 7. 2010 Requirements to be fulfilled for Registration as a Mobile Theatre and renewal thereof
6. A Theatre group shall be required to fulfil the following requiremects to be eligible for registration as a Mobile Theatre and renewal there of
(i) The Theatre group shall possess at least two stages and adequate light and sound system;
(ii) It shall have at least one hundred artists and other staff both technical and non-technical in its pay roll, either casual or regular as the case may be or such number of artists and other staff both technical and non-technical as may be specified by the Government by notification from time to time ;
(iii) It shall have fixed land and property in the name of the producer or the Mobile Theatre as the case may be, which are exclusively used for the Mobile Theatre group;
(iv) It shall possess requisite infrastructure and equipments without which the performance by the Mobile Theatre is considered to be impossible;
(v) It shall provide necessary fire fighting arrangements including equipments for fire fighting ;
(vi) It shall engage adequate number of security personnel of its own as may be considered necessary;
(vii) It shall produce the latest Income Tax. clearance certificate for entire funds by which the theatre would be promoted;
(viii) It shall possess such other things, items, facilities and maintain such standards as may be prescribed in the rules.
Effect of non 7.(1) Any Mobile Theatre group having no valid registration or renewal registration thereof as required under this Act, shall not be entitled to carry on the business of Mobile Theatre.
(2) If it comes to the notice of the Director that a Mobile Theatre group has been running the business and engaged in live dramatic and other cultural performances in any place without having any valid registration required under this Act, he may issue notice to the concerned Mobile Theatre group or to its producer to immediately stop the performance.
(3) Any Mobile Theatre group which runs a Mobile Theatre and carry on their performances without a valid registration under this Act shall be liable to pay a fine of Rupees one thousand (Rs. 1,000/-) per day for every day of such performance made without registration, which shall be charged from the date from which the Mobile Theatre group has been running the Mobile Theatre and making performance without a valid registration.
(4) The amount of fine shall be deposited by the producer on demand made by the Director within the period as stipulated in the Demand Notice, which shall be credited to the Artists’ Welfare Fund :
Provided that necessary receipt in respect of payment of fine shall be issued to the producer by the Director.
(5) No benefit of tax of any kind shall be admissible to those Mobile Theatre Groups who fail to produce a valid registration certificate while claiming any exemption of tax from the Government.
THE ASSAM GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINARY. SEPTEMBER 7 2010 2227 Realisation of fine as an arrear of Land Revenue Obligation of the Mobile Theatre 8- (1) Any amount of fine under sub-section (3) and (4) of section 7, remaining unpaid shall be treated as an arrear of Land Revenue and shall be recovered under the provisions of the Bengal Public Demand Recovery Act, 1913 ( Act No. Ill of 1913)