(1) If any person displays any publicity material which has not been certified by the Board and signed by the Censor Officer under section 6, he shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both and in the case of a continuing offence with a further fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for each day during which the offence continues.
(2) If any person is convicted of an offence punishable under this section the convicting Court may further direct that the publicity material in respect of which the offence has been committed be forfeited to the State Government.
9. No act or proceeding of the Board shall be deemed tote invalid by reason only of a vacancy in, or any defect in, the constitution of the Board.
10. The members of the Board shall, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of the provisions of this Act, be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.
11. No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the members of the Board and the persons appointed under this Act in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.
45 of 1860.
Offences under 12. Offences under this Act shall be considered to be cognizable this Act consid- offences as defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
ered cognizable.
Power to make 13. (1) The State Government may, by notification, make rules mles. for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
(a) the term of office of the Chairman and the members of the Board;
(b) the allowances or fees of the members of the Board;
(c) the place and time at which and the manner in which meetings of the Board shall be held;
(d) the other functions of the Censor Officer, Assistant Censor Officers, Inspectors and Sub-Inspectors;
2 of 1974.
156 XXX of 1974.]
The West Bengal (Compulsory Censorship of Film Publicity Materials) Act, 1974.
(Section 13.)
the form of application for a Certificate of Censorship;
the manner of submitting publicity materials;
the fee to be paid for Certificate of Censorship;
(h) the form and the manner in which the Certificate of Censorship shall be granted;
the authority to whom appeal shall be preferred under subsection (1) of section 7; and (I) any other matter which may be or is required to be prescribed.
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