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JAMMU, Dec 29: The district administration will contemplate action against the proprietors of cinema halls/theatres in the Jammu district who till date have failed to renew their licenses.
According to official sources, the district administration has decided to seal all the cinema halls and take punitive action as warranted under the law who fail to renew their licenses within a week.
Sources said various cinema halls/ theatres in Jammu district were running without renewal of their licenses for last so many years and district administration after taking serious cognizance of the same has served the final notice to them, sources added.
Sources said that running of such cinema halls/ theatres without the valid licenses is violation of Cinematography Act of Svt 1989 and J&K Cinema (regulation) rules 1975 which is punishable offense under Section 6 of the Cinematography Act of 1989.
Sources said the administration had already served individual notices to the proprietors’ of cinema halls/ theatres but many of the cinema hall owners have failed to comply till date.
This has forced the district administration to serve a final notice under which the owners of all such cinema halls were directed to get their licenses renewed within a period of one week failing which punitive action warranted under law would be taken against them and all such cinema halls/ theatres running without licenses would be sealed.
Admitting the cinema halls/ theatres in Jammu district were running without renewing their licenses for a pretty long time, Deputy Commissioner Jammu, A K Sahu told Excelsior that district administration has served them a final notice and given one week’s time by which they should renew their licenses.
He said in case they fail to renew their licenses by that time the administration would be constrained to take legal action against them and seal all such cinema halls.
“The administration is providing them the last opportunity and without losing any time they should renew their licenses to avoid action’’, he added.
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