Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(i) Before granting or renewing [a three years] licence [the licensing authority shall within a period of seven days of the receipt of the application of the licensee],- (a) can upon the Executive Engineer to examine the structural features of the building and report [within a period of one month]whether the rules relating thereto have been duly complied with. (b) call upon the Electric Inspector to examine the cinematograph and the electrical equipment to be used in the building and to report [within a period of one month] whether they comply with the requirements both of these rules and of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910, and _________________________________________ *See Pb. Govt. Notification published in Pb.Govt. Gaz Legislative Supplement Part III , dated 28-11-1961 *See Pb. Govt. Notification published in Pb.Govt. Gaz Legislative Supplement Part III , dated 22-4-1963. See Pb. Govt. Notification published in Pb.Govt. Gaz Legislative Supplement Part III , dated 22-4-1963. Rr.9-14] The Punjab Cinema (Regulation) Rules, 1952 29 of such of the rules made thereunder as are applicable, whether all reasonable precautions have been taken to protect spectators and employees from electric shock and to prevent the introduction of fire into the building through the use of electrical equipment, and whether the prescribed fire-extinguishing appliances have been provided, are in working order and suitable for the purpose for which they are intended. (ii) Defects revealed by such inspections shall be brought to the notice of the applicant or licensee and of the licensing authority, who may refuse to grant or renew the licence unless and until they are remedied to his satisfaction.