THEATRES AND PLACES OF PUBLIC AMUSEMENT (FEDERAL TERRITORY) ACT 1977

Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or to an impri-sonment not exceeding two years or to both.

amusement without a licence.

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Subject to subsection (3) the licensing oflicer may on the payment of the prescribed fee grant to the applicant a licence on such conditions as may be specitied in the licence.

amusement.

No licence shall be granted under this Act in respect of a theatre or place of public amusement unless the permis-sion in Writing or, in any case in which it is necessary, a licence has been obtained from the Commissioner under the law relating to the local authority in respect of the theatre or place of public amusement.

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The licensing officer may refuse any application he is satistied-

particulars of persons concerned in the promotion of the theatrical performance or public amusement and the interests represented by those persons;

particulars of the persons who have agreed to pari-cipate or have participated in the theatrical per-formance or public amusement or have been invited to do so and the interests represented by those persons and

the purposes to which any profits from the theatrical performance or public amusement are intended to be or have been applied.

For the purpose of this section, the expression "seript".

in relation to a perlormance of a play, means the text of the play (whether expressed in words or in musical or other notation) together with any stage or other directions for its performance, whether contained in a single document or not

if there has been any breach of the conditions or any act in contravention of any written law relating to the control of buildings;

if there has been any breach of the peace, obstruc-tion, annoyance or injury to the residents in the locality of the theatre or placc of public amusement in respect of which the licence was issued:

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it in his opinion any performance therein is of a dangerous, indecent, immoral or improper nature, or is likely to endanger human life;

if he is satisfied that the theatrical performance or public amusement is or is likely to be in any way detrimental to the national interest.

Upon the cancellation of a licence of a place of public amusement which is an amusement park, the licences of theatres and all places of public amusement situated therein shall be deemed to be cancelled.

to give, distribute, sell or offer for sale any ticket for admission to, or invite any person to a perfor-mance in, a theatre or place of public amusement, or to cause to be made such gift, distribution, sale, offer or invitation; or or

Slicise before licence is obtained.

in any manner whatsoever to advertise or publicise or to cause to be advertised or publicised any theatrical performance or public amusement to be performed in a theatre or place of public amuse-ment, unless there has been a licence granted under section 6 in respect of that theatre or place of public amusement.

Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an oflence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to an imprison-ment not exceeding one year or to both.

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obstructs any officer or authorized person lawfully exercising any powers conferred on him by or under section 12 in entering or inspecting any premises or delays to produce any articles, books, accounts or other documents or things which he has been called upon by the officer or authorized person to produce and which are or ought to be in the ordinary course of business in his power to produce;

refuses to furnish any information which he may be required to furnish by the officer or authorized person or who, being required to furnish informa-tion by the ofticer or authorized person, furnishes false or misleading information; or

obstructs the seizure of any document or other thing under section 15, or the closure of any theatre or place of public amnusement under section 16,

Obstuction.

shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to imprison ment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.

No woman shall be searched under this section except by a woman.

Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine of one thousand ringgit or to imprisonment of not exceeding one year or to both.

this

Act has been

Any person who would have been guilty of an offence if anything had been done or omitted by himn personally shall be guilty of the offence and liable to the same penalty if such thing had been done or omitted by his partner, agent or servant in the course of partnership business or in the course of his employment, as the case may be, unless he proves that the ofence was committed

Without his knowledge or consent and that he took all reasonable precautions to prevent the doing or omiss1on to do such thing:

Provided that nothing herein shall relieve the partner, agent or servant from liability to prosecution.

prescribe such fees as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act;

prescribe the form ot licence to be issued under section 6;

provide for exemption of type or class of theatrical performances or public amusements from any provisions of this Act;

provide generally for the purposes of giving effect to the provisions of this Act.