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Places of Public Entertainment.
[r. 146 cont.] be fitted with film slots so constructed, as to prevent the passage of flame to the interior of the box or chamber and they shall remain so closed during the whole time that projection is taking place.
Take-up spools.
Films to be kept in boxes.
Maximum length of film.
(23 of 1923).
Rewinding room.
Fittings, etc., of rewinding room.
147. Take-up spools shall be mechanically driven and films shall be wound on spools so that the wound film does not at any time reach or project beyond the edges of the flanges of the spool.
148. During an exhibition all films when not in use shall be kept in closed metal boxes of substantial construction. When in the enclosure not more than six spools shall be kept in one box at the same time.
149. The total amount of film kept in any building licensed or used as a place of public entertainment shall not exceed five hundred and sixty reels or one ton,
Not more than 20,000 feet of film in all shall be kept in the enclosure and the rewinding room at the same time. Film in excess of this amount shall be stored elsewhere in accordance with the Celluloid and Cinematograph Film Ordinance, 1923, and any regulations made thereunder.
150. A separate room shall be provided for the rewinding and repairing of films and shall be constructed throughout of or lined internally with fire-resisting material.
151. All fittings and fixtures within the rewinding room shall be constructed of or covered with fire-resisting material, and the entrance shall be provided with a self-closing close-fitting door of fire-resisting material which shall not communicate directly with the auditorium or any part of a building to which the public are admitted. If there is any communicating doorway or other opening between the enclosure and the rewinding room it shall also be provided with a door or shutter of fire-resisting material.
For the purpose of this regulation "fire-resisting material" includes teak or oak not less than two inches thick.
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