The Karnataka Dramatic Performances Act, 1964

Preamble

THE KARNATAKA DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES ACT, 1964 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Statement of Objects and Reasons: Sections: 1. Short title and extent. 2. Definitions. 3. Power to prohibit objectionable performance. 4. Power to prohibit objectionable performances temporarily. 5. Service of order of prohibition. 6. Penalty for disobeying order or contravening undertaking. 7. Penalty for disobeying prohibition. 8. Power to call for information. 9. Power to call for copy of purport of drama, etc. 10. Appeal to High Court. 11. Offences by companies. 12. Saving of prosecutions under other laws. 13. Protection for acts done in good faith. 14. Power to make rules. 15. Repeal. diaCode STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Act 39 of 1964 .- The Dramatic Performances Act, 1876 (Central Act 19 of 1876) is in force in the Bombay Area, Coorg District and Bellary District. The Madras Dramatic Performances Act, 1954 (Madras Act 33 of 1954) is in force in the Madras Area. There is no corresponding law on the subject in the Hyderabad Area and the Mysore Area. In the year 1954 the Madras High Court held that section 6 of the Central Act is repugnant to the Constitution and is therefore void. In a later decision, the Allahabad High Court declared the Central Act as ultra vires the Constitution, and the Punjab High Court has also taken a similar view. The Government of India have suggested the enactment of a new law replacing the Central Act on the lines of the Madras Dramatic Performances Act, 1954. It is therefore proposed to repeal the Central Act and enact a uniform law applicable to the whole of the State of Mysore providing for the regulation and control of public dramatic performances in the State. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary), PART IV-2-A, dated 13th March 1963 at page. 32.) "[KARNATAKA]1 ACT No. 39 OF 1964 (First published in the 1[Karnataka Gazette]1 on the Twenty-fourth day of September, 1964.) THE 1[KARNATAKA]1 DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES ACT, 1964. (Received the assent of the Governor on the Twenty-ninth day of July, 1964.) An Act to provide for the better control of public dramatic performances in the "[State of Karnataka]1. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the better control of public dramatic performances in the 1[State of Karnataka]1; BE it enacted by the 1[Karnataka State]1 Legislature in the Fifteenth year of the Republic of India as follows :-

Sections

Type to filter. 15 sections.

1. 1Short title and extent
2. 2Definitions
3. 3Power to prohibit objectionable performance
4. 4Power to prohibit objectionable performances temporarily
5. 5Service of order of prohibition
6. 6Penalty for disobeying order or contravening undertaking
7. 7Penalty for disobeying prohibition
8. 8Power to call for information
9. 9Power to call for copy of purport of drama, etc
10. 10Appeal to High Court
11. 11Offences by companies
12. 12Saving of prosecutions under other laws
13. 13Protection for acts done in good faith
14. 14Power to make rules
15. 15Repeal