Dramatic Performances Act, 1876 Preamble 1 - Bare Act

THE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES ACT, 1876

[Act, No. 19 of 1876]¹

[AS ON 1956]

[16th December, 1876]

PREAMBLE

An Act for the better control of public dramatic performances.

WHEREAS it is expedient to empower the Government to prohibit public dramatic performances which are scandalous, defamatory, seditious or obscene; It is hereby enacted as follows:--

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1. This Act has been repealed in its application to Madras by Mad. Act 33 of 1954.