The Maharashtra Cinemas (Regulations) Act.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 11 of 1953
The authority having power to grant licences under this Act, shall be-
(i) in Greater Bombay, the Commissioner of Police, Greater Bombay ;
(ii) in other areas for which a Commissioner of Police is appointed under section 7 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951(Bom. XXII of 1951), such Commissioner ; and
(iii) elsewhere, the District Magistrate :
Provided that the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute for the whole or any part of the [State of Maharashtra] such other authority as it may specify in the notification to be licensing authority for the purposes of this Act.