250

Exemption
from com-
pliance with
this Ordi-
nance in
certain case.

Revocation
and suspen-
sion of
licence.

Duration ol
licence.

Ch. 30. No. 10.| Cinematograph.

 

_ (2) A theatre licence shall not be approved unless the
Licensing Authority is satisfied that adequate provisions
have or will be made for ensuring—

(a) that the sound of performances held therein
shall not be a source of undue annoyance to or inter-

ference with the comfort of occupiers of buildings in
the neighbourhood,

(2) that there are sufficient means of access to the
theatre and sufficient car parking facilities in the
vicinity so as to avoid undue congestion of traffic;

(c) that any exhibition or performance in such

theatre shall not in any other manner constitute a
nuisance of a public nature.

(3) The Licensing Authority shall not approve the
grant of a theatre licence unless he is satisfied by a certificate
of a competent engineer or architect or by other sufficient
evidence that adequate measures have or will be taken
and that adequate provisions have or will be made for
ensuring safety against fire and structural defects and for

ensuring the safe and proper accommodation of the members
of the audience.

7. The Licensing Authority may issue a licence, subject
to any conditions laid down therein, to any person to hold
an exhibition of cinematograph films for charitable, educa-
tional or other special purposes for such period as may be
prescribed in the licence and exempting such person from
compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance and the
regulations made thereunder or any of them.

8. If any licensee shall be convicted of any offence under
this Ordinance or any regulations made thereunder, it shall
be lawful for the Court before which the conviction is had
to cancel his licence, or to suspend his licence for such
period as to the Court may seem just.

9. \ licence shall be in force for not longer than one
year, and for such shorter period as the Licensing Authority
on the granting of the licence may determine, unless the
licence has been previously revoked.