Section 5 — Public Entertainments Ordinance 1958

(1)

The licensing authority may, on receipt of an application and on payment of the prescribed fee, grant to any person a licence to open a theatre or place of public amusement on such conditions as may be specified in the licence. Such conditions shall include—

(a)

in all licences granted under this subsection-

(i)

a condition specifying the hours during which the theatre or place of public amusement may be kept open; and

(ii)

a condition that the licensee shall comply with all requirements of any written law applicable to any theatrical performance carried on, or any public amusement provided in, the theatre or place of amusement for which the licence is issued; and

(iii)

a condition specifying the location and address of the premise; and

(iv)

a condition that the licensee shall comply with all requirements of any written law applicable to age limit restriction.

(b)

in any licence for a theatre or place of public amusement which is in any enclosed space or building-

(i)

a condition relating to the maximum number of persons to be admitted at any time;

(ii)

a condition relating to the arrangement of doors, exits and emergency exits;

(iii)

a condition relating to the precautions to be observed in cases of fire or in sudden emergency;

(iv)

a condition relating to the accommodation to be provided for the audience and the performers; and

(v)

a condition relating to the ventilation and sanitation to be provided.

(2)

The conditions to be inserted under the provisions of paragraph (a) of

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subsection (1) shall be such that the officer-in-charge of police district may require and the conditions to inserted under the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall be such as the local authority and any other relevant authority shall have certified to the licensing authority that the building complies with such subsection.

(3)

The licensing authority may refuse a licence under subsection (1) in any case in which there is reason to believe that the theatre or place of public amusement in respect of which it is sought will be conducted in contravention of any of the conditions of the licence applied for or in a manner likely to lead to a breach of the peace or to cause obstruction, annoyance or injury to the residents of the locality in which the theatre or place of public amusement is situate.

Licence to carry on a theatrical performance.