Cinematograph. [Ch. 30. No. 10.

“theatre ’’ means a building or place licensed under the Cinemato-
graph Ordinance;

“ vault ”’ means a vault designed and constructed with the approval
oi the Director of Works and Hydraulics.

PART I.

PROVISIONS FOR THE SAFETY OF THE AUDIENCE AND PREVENTION
OF FIRE.

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3. (1) The design and construction of all new buildings shall be subject
to the approval of the Director of Works and Hydraulics.

(2) All buildings used for the exhibition of films to the public on
the 2nd of March, 1950, shall within a period of eighteen months from
that date conform to the provisions of these Regulations.

4. (1) All exits from a building provided for members of the public or
the staff employed in connection with the building or with cinematograph
exhibitions in the building shall be suitably indicated by notices bearing
the word ‘‘ EXIT ”’ in six-inch letters and all such notices shall be tinted
green and illuminated with green lights.

(2) All other doors or openings leading from the auditorium gallery
or any passageway into a dead end or such other places as are unsafe or
unsuitable for the purpose of egress shall be indicated by notices bearing
the words ““ NO THOROUGHFARE ” in six-inch letters. Such notices
shall be tinted red and illuminated by red lights. ,

(3) Where doubt may arise as to the direction of exit, or where
persons might unwittingly move into danger, a notice bearing the words
“TO EXIT” in six-inch letters and tinted green or illuminated with
green lights shall be provided.

(4) All notices required by the three foregoing paragraphs shall be
illuminated in such manner as may be specified by the Government Chief
Ilectric Inspector.

(5) Wherever possible such notices shall be placed above the doors
to which they relate, but in any case they shall not be less than 6 feet
9 inches above floor level.

5. No chairs, seats or other obstructions shall be placed or allowed
to remain in gangways or in any place used for the safe and speedy egress
by the public or members of the staff employed in connection with any
building or cinematograph exhibition in a building.

6. No standing of members of the audience shall be permitted in any
theatre during any cinematograph exhibition other than for the purpose
of gaining access to vacant seating or egress from the theatre during or
at the conclusion of an exhibition. Any person who shall continue to
stand when requested not to do so shall be guilty of an offence under
aps regulation and liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty-five

ollars.

7. Whenever the public is present at any cinematograph exhibition
exits shall be kept free of inflammable tapestries or any other object

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Design and
construction
of new
buildings.

Exits.

No chairs,
etc., in gang-
ways.

No standing
permitted.

Provisions

in connection
with cinema
exhibitions.