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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Dramatic Performances Act, 1876

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/50856

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Act Text

Preamble1 - Dramatic Performances Act, 1876
Section1 - Short Title
Section2 - Magistrate Defined
Section3 - Power to Prohibit Certain Dramatic Performances
Section4 - Power to Serve Order of Prohibition. Penalty for Disobeying Order
Section5 - Power to Notify Order
Section6 - Penalty for Disobeying Prohibition
Section7 - Power to Call for Information
Section8 - Power to Grant Warrant to Police to Enter and Arrest and Seize
Section9 - Saving of Prosecutions Under Penal Code, Sections 124a and 294
Section10 - Power to Prohibit Dramatic Performance in Any Local Area, Except Under License
Section11 - Powers Exercisable by Governor-general [Repealed]
Section12 - Exclusion of Performances at Religious Festivals
Section - Dramatic Performances (Delhi Repeal) Act, 1963

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What is the Dramatic Performances Act, 1876?

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