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(1) No person shall carry on the business of Mobile Theatre in the State of Assam including the Hills Districts without being Registered as a Mobile Theatre Group or renewal thereof, before the Director under the provisions of this Act. (2) Every person desirous of setting up of a new Mobile Theatre shall make an application in such form and accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed, before the Director for obtaining a provisional registration of the Theatre Group on furnishing of an undertaking in the prescribed form to fulfill all the requirements under section 6 and to complete the setting up of the Mobile Theatre Within a period of two months from the date of such undertaking. The application shall accompany the documents relating to the land and property available in the name of the producer or the Mobile Theatre Group as the case may be, a plan and estimate for one year in respect of establishment and running of the proposed Mobile Theatre showing the recurring and non-recurring expenditure involved for the purpose, and a Bank Guarantee to prove the financial soundness of the proprietor or the Theatre Group as the case may be, depending upon which, the Director shall issues a provisional registration certificate with the condition that the proprietor or the Theatre Group shall be required to complete the setting up of the Mobile Theatre with all required infrastructure, equipment, artists and other staff within the stipulated period of two months and on such completion, the provisional registration shall be made final for the concerned year after following the procedure as provided under section 4. In the event of failure on the part of the proprietor or the Mobile Theatre group to complete the requirements within the stipulated period, the provisional registration shall automatically stand cancelled after the expiry of two months from the date of signing of the undertaking and the concerned proprietor or the Mobile Theatre group shall not be entitled to carry on the business of the proposed Mobile Theatre. (3) The existing Theatre groups who do not already possess the requirements as provided under section 6, shall also apply before the Director for provisional registration in the same manner as stipulated under sub- section (2) within thirty days from the date of commencement of this Act and on fulfillment of all the requirements under section 6 they shall be finally registered by the Director as a Mobile Theatre group after completing necessary formalities under this Act. In the event of failure by the existing Theatre groups to fulfil all the requirements under section 6, the existing Theatre groups shall not be entitled to carry on the business of Mobile Theatre any further. 4 (4) The existing Mobile Theatre groups already possessing all the requirements under section 6 and having all the infrastructure equipments, requisite number of artists and other staff as required under this Act shall make an application on the prescribed form accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed before the Director within thirty days from the date of coming into force of this Act. The application shall also accompany the documents relating to land and property, infrastructure, equipments, artists and other staff for getting the Mobile Theatre registered and obtaining a final registration certificate in their favour to run the Mobile Theatre. On receipt of such application, the Director shall cause an enquiry to be made by the concerned Officer-in-Charge of the Cultural Centres of the respective District within thirty days from the date of receipt of the application by the Director. The concerned Officer- in-Charge of the Cultural Centres shall after making such enquiry and inspection as may be required, furnish a report to the Director within fifteen days of receipt of the order for enquiry, on the basis of which final registration to the concerned Mobile Theatre may be granted for rest of the period of the year subject to payment of prescribed registration fee and a Certificate of Registration shall be issued in favour of the registered Mobile Theatre in the form as may be prescribed. (5) If the report of the Officer-in-Charge of Cultural Centres of the concerned districts indicates that any Theatre group seeking registration under sub-section (4) is lacking of the required infrastructure, equipments, requisite number of artists and other staff and other requirements under this Act, the Director shall refuse to grant final registration to such Theatre group and the ground for such refusal shall be duly communicated to the concerned producer. Such Theatre groups to whom registration is refused by the Director, shall not carry on their performance any further and immediately stop the business: Provided that as soon as the Theatre group acquires the required infrastructure, equipments, requisite number of artists and other staff and other requirements under this Act, it shall be intimated to the Director and the Director after an enquiry caused to be made, if satisfied that the Theatre group has fulfilled all the requirements under this Act, may grant final registration and issue a Certificate of Registration for the remaining period of the year to the said Mobile Theatre group, subject to payment of the prescribed registration fees. Finalisation of provisional registration.