Section 11: Licensing authority.

The Cinematograph Act, 1952Central Act · Act 37 of 1952

The authority having power to grant licences under this Part (hereinafter referred to as the licensing authority) shall be the district magistrate:

Provided that the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute, for the whole or any part of a [Union territory], such other authority as it may specify in the notification to be the licensing authority for the purposes of this Part.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Cinematograph Act, 1952
Section	11
Marginal note	Licensing authority.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 58 of 1960. . Subs. by Act 58 of 1960, s. 3 and Schedule II, for "Part C State".

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