Places of Public Entertainment Regulation.
[CAP. 172
CHAPTER 172.
PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT
REGULATION.
To consolidate and amend the law relating to places of public entertainment.
[31st October, 1919.]
22 of 1919. Fraser 22 of 1919.
2 of 1941. 22 of 1950.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Places of Public Entertainment Ordinance.
Short title.
Interpretation. [cf. Cap. 114,
2. In this Ordinance— “entertainment" includes any concert, stage play, stage performance, cinematograph display, exhibition of dancing, conjuring or juggling, acrobatic performance, boxing contest or circus, or any other entertainment of a similar character;
"public entertainment" means any entertainment, as above defined, to which the general public are admitted with or without payment for admission.
3. It shall not be lawful for any person to keep or use any permanent or temporary building or matshed for any public entertainment without a licence to be granted as hereinafter provided, under a penalty of two hundred dollars for every day on which such building or matshed has been so kept or used for the purpose aforesaid.
Licences for places of public entertainment.
Permits required for cinematograph displays.
4. (1) No person shall advertise, present or carry on any cinematograph display to which the public are invited, or cause any such display to be presented or carried on, except under a permit in writing from the Commissioner of Police, who shall have full discretion to grant, withhold or cancel the same, and in the case of a cinematograph display at a Chinese theatre to which the public are invited, such person must also obtain a permit in writing for such performance from the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
(2) No such permit by the Commissioner of Police shall be given until the film or films to be used at such display and the poster or posters in connection therewith have been censored and passed in accordance with such
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