CHAPTER 187. An Act to regulate the Means of Egress from HIS IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: Short Title. Short title General provisions as of doors 1. This Act may be cited as "The Public Halls Act." General Provisions. 2. In all churches, halls, theatres, or other buildings to construction heretofore or hereafter constructed or used for holding public meetings or for places of public resort or amusement, and in all school houses or buildings used for school purposes, all the outer doors and those leading from the assembly hall or room or school rooms shall be so hinged that they may open freely outwards, and all the gates of outer fences, if not so hinged, shall be kept open by proper fastenings during the time such buildings are publicly used, to facilitate the egress of people in case of alarm from fire or other cause. [1911-12, c. 26, s. 1.] Penalties Extension of liability under Act 3. (1) Any person owning, possessing or managing any church, hall, theatre, school house, or other building used for school purposes or for holding public meetings, which does not conform to the provisions of this Act, or any of them, or to any regulations made hereunder, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than fifty dollars, one moiety of which fine shall be paid to the person laying the information and the other moiety to the Provincial Treasurer. (2) Any person convicted of any offence under the provision of this section shall be liable to a further fine of five dollars for every week following the date of the conviction during which the church, hall, theatre, school house or other building used for school purposes or for holding public meetings as aforesaid does not conform to the provisions of this Act or any of them or to any regulations made hereunder. [1911-12, c. 26, s. 2.] 4. All corporations, school trustees, incumbents, church wardens and other persons owning or having charge of any church, school, or building used as a church or school, shall be severally liable for any violation of the provisions of this Act, or of any regulations made hereunder. [1911-12, c. 26, s. 3.] 5. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may from time Regulations to time make such regulations as may be deemed proper for the enforcement of this Act and for the regulating and governing of persons assembled in any of the buildings mentioned in section 2 hereof, and shall have every such power as is necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Act. [1911-12, c. 26, s. 4.] Short title CHAPTER 188. An Act to regulate Theatres, Entertainment Halls and Cinematographs. HIS IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: Short Title. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Theatres Act." [1911-12, c. 25, s. 1.] Provisions respecting regulations Power to make regulations General Provisions. 2. The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall have power from time to time to make regulations, the same or different for different localities, governing the erection, operation and safety of all classes of theatres and entertainment halls, and to provide for the licensing, supervision and inspection of the same: Provided that such licence shall not enable the owner or occupier of such theatre or entertainment hall to operate such theatre or entertainment hall in any town or city which makes provision by by-law for the licensing of theatres and entertainment halls, unless such owner or occupier obtains a licence from such city or town. [1911-12, c. 25, s. 2; 1918, c. 4, s. 35; 1921, c. 5, s. 5.] 3. The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall have power to make regulations respecting (a) the licensing, use and operation of cinematographs, moving picture machines or similar apparatus; (b) the exchange, leasing, sale or exhibition of films, (c) the licensing and operation of film exchanges; (e) public safety and comfort, both with regard to (f) the confiscation, seizure and sale of any apparatus or properties of any film exchange, owner, user, or exhibitor, used in contravention of this Act (g) the enforcement of this Act and the regulations (h) the attendance of children at any place of enter- (i) providing for the destruction or removal of posters, [1911-12, c. 25, s. 3; 1917, c. 3, s. 8; 1922, c. 4, s. 3.] 4. The owner, user, or exhibitor of every cinematograph, Licence fee moving picture machine, or other similar apparatus, the owner, lessee, or manager of every film exchange, and the person operating such cinematograph, moving picture machine or other similar apparatus shall each pay in advance to the Provincial Secretary an annual licence fee, the amount of which may from time to time be fixed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. [1911-12, c. 25, s. 4.] of censor o 5.(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may Appointment. appoint a censor or board of censors, of not more than board of three persons, and may fix his or their remuneration, and censors such censor or board of censors shall hold office during pleasure, and shall have power to permit the exhibition of, or absolutely to prohibit or reject, any or all films which it is proposed to use in the Province of Alberta, and to suspend for cause the licence of any operator or other licencee. censor or (2) There shall be an appeal from the censor or board of Appeal from censors to the person, body or Court designated, and board of subject to the conditions prescribed, by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council. [1911-12, c. 25, s. 5.] censors 6. No cinematograph, moving picture machine, or other Requirements similar apparatus shall (a) exhibit any films until the same have been stamped (b) be kept or exhibited for entertainment until the preliminary to exhibition of films, etc. Provision respecting stamping of films Issue and display of certificate Certificates Offences Penalties Inspection by police, etc. 7. All films permitted to be exhibited by the said censor or board of censors shall be stamped in such manner that the stamp will show upon the canvas, and no exhibition of such stamped film shall be prohibited by any police officer, or constable, or other person, on account of anything contained in such film. 8. (1) A certificate containing the name of the film, the name of the maker, and the exchange and licence number, shall be issued by the Provincial Secretary in respect of all films permitted by the censor or board of censors or permitted by him or it to be exhibited and such certificate shall be displayed in the box office of the theatre in such a manner as to be subject to the observation of all persons entering the theatre. (2) No exhibition of a film for which a certificate has been issued and displayed as aforesaid shall be prohibited by any police officer, constable or any such person on account of anything contained in such film. [1915, c. 2, s. 14.] 9. Any owner, proprietor, manager, person having control, or person in charge, of a cinematograph, moving picture machine or other similar apparatus, who uses any such apparatus for public entertainment without having complied with, or in violation of the regulations passed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, or without having a licence therefor from the Provincial Secretary, or who exhibits films not approved by the censor or board of censors, as required by this Act, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. [1911-12, c. 25, s. 8.] 10. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Act, or any of the regulations of the Lieutenant Governor in Council passed hereunder, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars with costs, and to a further fine of twenty-five dollars per diem for so long after conviction as such violation continues, and in default of immediate payment thereof to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months. [1911-12, c. 25, s. 9.] 11. All members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, all member of the Alberta Provincial Police, and all provincial constables, are hereby empowered at any time to inspect any cinematograph, moving picture machine, or other similar apparatus which is used or kept on premises licensed under this Act, and are directed to enforce the provisions of this Act and the regulations passed hereunder. [1911-12, c. 25, s. 10.] |