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Ch. 30. No. 10.|  Cinematograph.

premises and in Couneil for the control of such exhibitions and for

by licensed
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securing safety are complied with, or elsewhere than in a
theatre licensed for the purpose under this Ordinance
and no person shall carry on the business of exhibiting
films to the public on payment unless he holds a licence for
the purpose, in accordance with the provisions of this
Ordinance.

4. (1) For the purpose of granting a theatre licence under
this Ordinance the Licensing Authority shall be the Magis-
trate for the district within which the theatre is situate, and
for the purpose of granting an exhibitor’s Heence under this
Ordinance the Licensing Authority shall be the Magistrate
of the district in which the applicant for a licence resides or
has his principal place of business.

(2) The Licensing Authority may grant licences to
such persons as he may think fit to hold cinematograph
exhibitions throughout the Colony or to use the theatre
specified in the licence, on such conditions and under such
restrictions as may be laid down in the licence and in any
regulations made under this Ordinance.

5. (1) Every application for a theatre licence shall state
the applicant’s name, occupation and residence, the sttua-
tion of the theatre to be leensed and any other relevant
lacts in support of the application and shall, in any case
in which the theatre has not been crected or has not been
completed at the date of the application, be accompanied
by a plan of the proposed theatre and a specification of the
proposed fittings and furnishings thereof to the satisfaction
of the Licensing Authority = The application shall not be
heard until after the expiration of twenty-one days from
the date of its filing with the Licensing Authority, who
shall at least fourteen days before the date fixed for the
hearing, cause notice of the application and of the time and
place fixed for the hearing to be published in the Royal
Gazelle and in a daily newspaper circulating in the Colony
and to be served on the Commissioner of Police.

(2) The applicant shall have the right of appearing
before the Licensing Authority at the hearing, personally
or by his counsel or solicitor, and of being heard, and of
adducing evidence, in support of his application.