(1) When a film is altered by excision, addition, colouring or otherwise after it has been certified under these rules, it shall not be exhibited unless the portion or portions excised, added, coloured or otherwise altered, have been reported to the Board in Form III in the Second Schedule and the Board has endorsed the particulars of the alteration or alterations on the certificate.
Explanation I - Reasonable wear and tear in the normal course of handling or projecting a film shall not be deemed to be an alteration of the film within the meaning of this subrule.
Explanation II. - Any addition, deletion, alteration or replacement of background music in a film or, (unless the Chairman by general or special order otherwise directs) a mere change in gauge shall not be deemed to be an alteration of the film within the meaning of this sub-rule.
(2) For the purpose of exercising its powers under sub-rule (1) the regional officer shall appoint an Examining Committee to examine at the expense of the applicant, the reel or reels of the film in which the portion or portions are altered in such manner and with such assistance as he may deem fit and where the Examining Committee considered it necessary so to do, it shall re-examine the entire film.
Provided that where a film is altered by excision or by the change of a cloured film into black and white version only it shall not ordinarily be necessary to appoint and Examining Committee unless the regional officer in any case otherwise directs.
(3) The Examining Committee, appointed under sub-rule (2) shall consist of one member of the Advisory Panel and an examining officer.
Provided that where the examining officer is unavoidably absent at the examination of the film or any reel thereof, the Examining Committee consist of two members of the Advisory Panel.
(4) Pending examination of the altered film under this rule, the applicant shall not exhibit the film incorporating the proposed alteration.
(5) Where the film or any portion thereof as the case may be, is re-examined under this rule, the Chairman shall unless for reasons to be recorded in writing, he declines permission for the alteration make suitable endorsement in the certificate granted in relation to the film.
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34.Amendment of certificate granted by the Board after notification under section 6.
When a notification is published under the powers conferred by section 6 of the Act declaring that a film in respect of which a ‘U’ certificate or a ‘UA’ certificate or an ‘S’ certificate has been granted shall be deemed to be a film in respect of which an ‘A’ certificate has been granted, the person to whom the certificate has been granted or the person to whom the rights in the film have passed as the case may be, shall surrender within one month from the date of issue of the order the original certificate and all the duplicate copies thereof to the Board for the issue of a fresh certificate of the new category.
35. Certificates - (1) A certificate authorising the public exhibition of a film shall be in one of the [Forms IV, IV-A, V, V-A, VI, VI-A, VII or VII-A] 1 set out in the Second Schedule according as the film is fit for ‘U’ or ‘UA’ or ‘A’ or ‘S’ or [V/U or V/UA or V/A or V/S] 3 certificate as the case may be.
In the second schedule for the forms IV, IV-A, V, V-A, VI, IV-A and VII,VII-A the following forms shall be substituted, namely :- (Forms revised) (Inserted by Ministry’s notification dated 30.10.95)
(2) The certificate shall be signed for an on behalf of the Board by the Chairman or by a regional officer for the Chairman.
(3) The prescribed mark of the Board shall be a film copy of the certificate, i.e. a trailer certificate which shall be affixed to the film and always exhibited with it. The trailer certificate shall be for such duration as one can read it on the screen :
Provided that Part I of the certificate shall be shown a minimum duration or 10 seconds:
Provided further that if there are no excisions or modifications ordered by the Board, Part II of the certificate need not be shown. “(as per modification dated 8 th Feb, 1995).
[In the case of a video film, the trailer certificate shall be for a duration of not less than fifteen seconds and in the case of other films, the length of the trailer certificate will be as laid down in the following table:]
2 TABLE Size of film Length of film Length of trailer certificate 35mm / 70 mm Exceeding 600 metres 5 metres 35mm 600 metres or less 3 metres 16mm Exceeding 240 metres 2 metres 16mm 240 metres or less 1.50 metres 8 mm/Super-8 240 metres or less 1.00 metre 1 . Inserted by G.S.R. 83(E) dated 28.2.84 w.e.f. 1.3.84 2 . Inserted by G.S.R. 83(E) dated 28.2.84 w.e.f. 1.3.84 34