(1) If the State THE HIMACHAL PRADESH DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES ACT, 1964 5 Government or the District Magistrate have or has reason to believe that an objectionable dramatic performance is about to take place, the State Government or the District Magistrate, as the case may be, 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 any 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 State Government or the District Magistrate aforesaid.
(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.