CAP. 172]
Places of Public Entertainment.
PART II.
Interpretation.
Exits.
Exit doors.
Seating and gangways.
Presence of licensee and attendants.
Precaution against accidents and fire.
16 SPECIAL FIRE PRECAUTIONS RELATING TO CINEMATOGRAPH OPERATION AND CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS THROUGHOUT THE COLONY.
124. In this Part--
"building" includes any booth, tent or similar structure;
'new building" means a building erected or adapted after 3rd August, 1934, for the purpose of cinematograph exhibitions.
125. No building shall be used for cinematograph exhibitions unless it be provided with an adequate number of exits clearly indicated and so placed and maintained as readily to afford the audience ample means of safe egress.
126. The doors of all exits shall be so constructed and maintained as easily to open outwards on being pressed from within.
127. Seating shall be so arranged as not to interfere with free access to any exit. Gangways, staircases and passages leading to exits shall, while the public are present in a building, be kept clear of obstruction.
No person shall be allowed to stand or sit in any gangway intersecting rows of seats or in the space between the front row of seats and the screen; and if standing be permitted by the licensing authority in any other gangway or portion of the auditorium, sufficient room shall be left to allow persons to pass easily to and fro.
128. The licensee or some responsible person nominated by him in writing for the purpose shall be in charge during the whole time of any exhibition and there shall also be during that time a sufficient staff of attendants in a building for the purpose of securing safety.
129. All persons responsible for or employed in or in connexion with an exhibition shall take all due precautions for the prevention of accidents and shall abstain from any act whatever which tends to cause fire and is not reasonably necessary for the purpose of the exhibition.
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CAP. 172]
Places of Public Entertainment.
PART II.
Interpretation.
Exits.
Exit doors.
Seating and gangways.
Presence of
licensee and attendants.
Precaution against accidents and fire.
16
SPECIAL FIRE PRECAUTIONS RELATING TO CINEMATOGRAPH
OPERATION AND CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS THROUGHOUT
124. In this Part--
THE COLONY.
"building" includes any booth, tent or similar structure;
'new building" means a building erected or adapted after 3rd August, 1934, for the purpose of cinematograph
exhibitions.
125. No building shall be used for cinematograph exhibitions unless it be provided with an adequate number of exits clearly indicated and so placed and maintained as readily to afford the audience ample means of safe egress.
126. The doors of all exits shall be so constructed and maintained as easily to open outwards on being pressed from within.
127. Seating shall be so arranged as not to interfere with free access to any exit. Gangways, staircases and passages leading to exits shall, while the public are present in a building, be kept clear of obstruction.
No person shall be allowed to stand or sit in any gangway intersecting rows of seats or in the space between the front row of seats and the screen; and if standing be permitted by the licens- ing authority in any other gangway or portion of the audi- torium, sufficient room shall be left to allow persons to pass easily to and fro.
128. The licensee or some responsible person nominated by him in writing for the purpose shall be in charge during the whole time of any exhibition and there shall also be during that time a sufficient staff of attendants in a building for the purpose of securing safety.
129. All persons responsible for or employed in or in connexion with an exhibition shall take all due precautions for the prevention of accidents and shall abstain from any act whatever which tends to cause fire and is not reasonably necessary for the purpose of the exhibition.
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