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Status: Active Date of Publication: 2th February, 1955 Act No: EAST BENGAL REGULATION NO. I OF 1955 Whereas it is expedient to apply the Cinematograph Act, 1918 , to the Chittagong Hill-tracts; And Whereas by sub-section (2) of section 92 of the Government of India Act, 1935, the 1 [Government] is empowered to make regulations for the good Government of any area in which is for the time being an excluded or a partially excluded area; Now, Therefore, in exercise of the said powers and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the 2 [Government] is pleased to make the following Regulation:-

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Short title

1. This Regulation may be called the Chittagong Hill- tracts Cinematograph Regulation, 1954.

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Application of Act II of 1918 to the Chittagong Hill-tracts

2. The Cinematograph Act, 1918 , together with Rules made thereunder, shall, subject to the modification shown below, apply to the Chittagong Hill-tracts:- Modification. Sub-section (3) of section 1 shall be omitted.

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Footnotes

1. The word “Government” was replaced for the words “Governor” by Article 9 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 48 of 1972). 2. The word “Government” was replaced, for the words “Governor of East Bengal” by Article 9 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 48 of 1972).
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