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(1) If the State Government or in the Presidency- Poweito ' the Commissioner of Police or elsewhere the District I ector, have or has reason to believe that an *objection- ;::${ of of . , - dramatic performilnce is about to take place, the.,{ or he, dram,, etc. the case may be, may, by order, direct that no such ramatic performance shall take place in any public place hin any area, unless a copy of the piece, if and so far i s ritten, or some sufficient account of its purport, if and as. it is in pantomime, has been furnished, not less ven days before thr: performance, to the State ent, the Commissioner of Police or ,the ,District aforesaid, ' I . (2) A copy of any ord-r made under sub-section (1) may be served OIL the ownel or occupier of the public place, ill ,.:.ich such perforlnancc is intcaded to take place allcl if thcrcafter he does or willingly permits, any act in disobedience of s.uch order, he shall, on conviction, be punished with ilnp:isonment for a term ivhich ma;. extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, us vvjli~ bot11. AS;>.:~l to