(1) The Auditorium shall have, 1[a verandah or a covered corridor wherever there are side entrances ]. No corridor, verandah, passage or staircase landing lobby, not being an internal passage between rows of seats intended for use as exist shall be less than 1.83 meters clear in width and there shall be no projection of lights in the wall of such corridors, verandahs, passages or staircase landing lobby within 2.1 meters height from the floor.
(2) Wherever possible, gradients or inclined planes shall be used instead of steps, but no such gradients or inclined planes shall be steeper than 1 in 10.
(3) No corridor, verandah or passage or gangway shall be used as a cloak room and no pegs for hanging hats or cloaks shall be allowed therein. No such corridor, verandah, passage or gangway shall be used for storage purpose or for any purpose whatever except for exit and entrance from and to the auditorium.
(4) Where cloak rooms are provided it shall be so situated that the use of them shall not obstruct the free use of any corridor, verandah, passage or exit.
(5) Whenever show windows, show-cases and slotting machines are permitted in the verandahs, corridors and lounges, the Licensing Authority shall satisfy himself, before issuing the license and regranting the same that there remains the clear space specified under subrule(1) and they are not located near the entrances and exits so as to avoid concentration of public and obstruction of easy movement.