(1) Before granting 1[a triennial] license [and there after annually] the licensing authority shall call upon.—
(a) the Executive Engineer having jurisdiction to inspect and examine the structural features of the cinema and report whether the rules relating thereto have been duly compared with;
(b) the Electric Inspector to inspect and examine the cinematograph and the electrical equipment to be used in the cinema and to report whether they comply with the requirements both of these rules and of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 and of such of the rules made thereunder as are applicable and whether all reasonable precautions have been taken to protect, spectators and employees from electric shock and to prevent fire in the building through electrical installation and equipment.
1 Substituted and inserted by No. 8. dated 13-12-1978.
(c) the Medical Officer of Health having jurisdiction to inspect and examine the cinema and to report whether the arrangements for sanitation conform to the requirements of these rules: and
(d) the Regional Fire officer having jurisdiction to inspect and examine the cinema and to report whether the prescribed fire extinguishing appliances have been provided and are in working order and whether the precautions taken against fire conform to the requirements of these Rules.
(2) In cases of renewals also the certificate and reports required under 1[Sub-Rule (1)] may be obtained but the renewal of the license shall not be refused, delayed or withheld simple for want of all or any one of the certificates or reports the same being obtained from the different Government Departments by direct correspondence be¬tween them and the licensing authority.
2[(2A) The certificates or reports (including reports about objections in respect of a matter relevant.to the grants of licence) referred to in subrule (1), shall be submitted by the concerned authorities to the licensing authority within 30 days of receipt of the communication of the licensing authority;
(2B) The licensing authority shall consider the certificates/reports received by it under sub-rule (2-A) on a date fixed by it which shall not be later than 20 days from the date of receipt of the aforesaid certificates/reports last received. Notice of such date shall be given to the applicant and also to the authorities referred to in sub-rules (2A) who have sent reports of objections. In case any of the authorities referred in sub-rule (2A) has not sent a report, the licensing authority shall require it to direct some of its officers conversant with the subjectmatter to appear before it on the date fixed under his sub-rule. The licensing authority shall hear all such persons/authorities whom may appear before it on the date so fixed]
(3) Defects revealed by such inspections shall be brought to the notice of the applicant or licensee and of the licensing authority; who may refuse to grant or renew the license unless and until they are remedied to his satisfaction;
Provided that in cases other than the grant of license for the first time the licensing authority may give such time as may be reasonable in its discretion to the licensee to remove the defects revealed by inspections as specified in [sub-rule] (1) after the expiry, of which the licensing authority if the defects are not removed, may cancel or suspend the 1 Subs. by No. 9 dated 10-9-1979.
2 Ins. by No. 9 dated 10-9-1979.
license and may not be revalidated it until the defects are reported to have been removed:
Provided further that no second renewal shall be granted unless the certificates and reports called upon at the time of the first renewal are-received before the expiry of the year for which they were-meant and the licensing authority may make an inquiry into the cause of such delay and take or recommend such action as he may consider desirable against those responsible for the same.