Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Cinematograph exhibitions to be licensed.—Save as otherwise provided in this Act, no person shall give an exhibition by means of a cinematograph elsewhere than in a place licensed under this Act, or otherwise than in compliance with any conditions and restrictions imposed by such licence. 1[4. Licensing authority.—The authority having power to grant a licence under this Act (hereinafter referred to as the licensing authority) shall be the executive authority of the local authority within whose jurisdiction the place in respect of which the licence is to be granted is situate: * Received the assent of the Governor on the 15th July, 1958 and published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary dated 17th July, 1958.