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Repeal. * * * * STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Act 39 of 1964.—The Dramatic Performances Act, 1876 (Central Act 19 of 1876) is in force in the Bombay Area, Coorg District and Bellary District. The Madras Dramatic Performances Act, 1954 (Madras Act 33 of 1954) is in force in the Madras Area. There is no corresponding law on the subject in the Hyderabad Area and the Mysore Area. In the year 1954 the Madras High Court held that section 6 of the Central Act is repugnant to the Constitution and is therefore void. In a later decision, the Allahabad High Court declared the Central Act as ultra vires the Constitution, and the Punjab High Court has also taken a similar view. The Government of India have suggested the enactment of a new law replacing the Central Act on the lines of the Madras Dramatic Performances Act, 1954. It is therefore proposed to repeal the Central Act and enact a uniform law applicable to the whole of the State of Mysore providing for the regulation and control of public dramatic performances in the State. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary), PART IV—2-A, dated 13th March 1963 at page. 32.) 2 1[KARNATAKA]1 ACT No. 39 OF 1964 (First published in the 1[Karnataka Gazette]1 on the Twenty-fourth day of September, 1964.) THE 1[KARNATAKA]1 DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES ACT, 1964. (Received the assent of the Governor on the Twenty-ninth day of July, 1964.) An Act to provide for the better control of public dramatic performances in the 1[State of Karnataka]1. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the better control of public dramatic performances in the 1[State of Karnataka]1; BE it enacted by the 1[Karnataka State]1 Legislature in the Fifteenth year of the Republic of India as follows:—