Cinematography Act, 1918

 

Cinematography
Act, 1918

 

Section—5: Granting
of licence and the conditions

Cinematography
Rules, 1972, Rules 5, 6 and 7—Procedure of granting licence

The
Deputy Commissioner is the competent authority to grant licence and renew the
same to a person who fulfills e conditions as enumerated under section 5 of the
Act, read with rules 5, 6 and 7 of the Cinematography Rules, 1972.

The
licencing authority cannot grant licence to a stranger to the premises having
no lawful interest therein to the total denial of the rightful claim of the
lawful owner/person in possession of the Cinema Hall concerned. The licencing
authority cannot impose extraneous conditions in the licence not warranted by
law.

The
licensing authority is required to grant licence to a person who fulfills the
requirements of the provisions of the Act and the Rules.

Md. Nurul
Islam Sarker v. The Deputy Commissioner, Gazipur and others, 22 BLD (AD) 188.