Places of Public Entertainment.
or mitigation of the cause of danger or offence, or with a view to the protection of any person or any property, or avoidance of any casualty, as may be considered expedient. No claim whatsoever shall be made against the Commissioner of Police or any police officer or against any person assisting the police and under police direction in respect of any act done under this regulation.
PART VII.
CENSORING OF CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS AND POSTERS AND USE OF CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRES.
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censors.
177. All cinematograph films and posters, hereinafter called films and posters, shall be censored by a board of censors, or by a member of such board, or by some other persons authorized in that behalf by the board in writing with the approval of the Governor. No film or poster shall be exhibited unless it has been censored and passed by the board of censors or by a member of such board or by some other person authorized as aforesaid.
178. The board of censors shall consist of the Commissioner of Police, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and the Director of Education.
179. Any owner or hirer of any film or poster who may be dissatisfied with the decision of any individual censor shall have a right of appeal to the board of censors, whose decision shall be final.
G.N. 509/46.
180. The fee for censoring films in any appeal as aforesaid shall be $25.00 per reel. In all other cases of censoring films the fee shall be $3.00 per short reel or trailer of 300 feet or under, $6.00 per short reel or trailer exceeding 300 feet but not exceeding 500 feet, $12.00 per reel exceeding 500 feet but not exceeding 1,000 feet, and $15.00 per reel exceeding 1,000 feet. Posters will be censored free of charge.
181. It shall be the duty of all managers of cinematograph theatres to arrange for the projection or display of all films and posters for censoring at a place to be appointed by the board of censors.
Duty of managers to facilitate censoring.
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Places of Public Entertainment.
or mitigation of the cause of danger or offence, or with a view to the protection of any person or any property, or avoidance of any casualty, as may be considered. expedient. No claim whatsoever shall be made against the Commissioner of Police or any police officer or against any person assisting the police and under police direction in respect of any act done under this regulation.
PART VII.
CENSORING OF CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS AND POSTERS AND
USE OF CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRES.
[CAP. 172
censors.
177. All cinematograph films and posters, hereinafter Board of called films and posters, shall be censored by a board of censors, or by a member of such board, or by some other persons authorized in that behalf by the board in writing with the approval of the Governor. No film or poster shall be exhibited unless it has been censored and passed by the board of censors or by a member of such board or by some other person authorized as aforesaid.
178. The board of censors shall consist of the Commis- sioner of Police, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and the Director of Education.
179. Any owner or hirer of any film or poster who may Appeal. be dissatisfied with the decision of any individual censor shall have a right of appeal to the board of censors, whose decision shall be final.
G.N. 509/46.
180. The fee for censoring films in any appeal as afore- Fees, said shall be $25.00 per reel. In all other cases of censor- ing films the fee shall be $3.00 per short reel or trailer of 300 feet or under, $6.00 per short reel or trailer exceed- ing 300 feet but not exceeding 500 feet, $12.00 per reel exceeding 500 feet but not exceeding 1,000 feet, and $15.00 per reel exceeding 1,000 feet. Posters will be censored free of charge.
181. It shall be the duty of all managers of cinema- tograph theatres to arrange for the projection or display of all films and posters for censoring at a place to be appointed by the board of censors.
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