Building Regulation

Restriction on the power of a Municipality to sanction construction of a place of entertainment in certain cases

§180A

Summary

180-A. [Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or any bye-law made thereunder, the construction of, or any addition to, any building, of public entertainment or any addition thereto, shall not except with the previous approval of the State Government, be sanctioned by a Municipality, if the site of, or proposed for such building is - (a) within a radius of one furlong from - (i) any residential institution attached to a recognized educational institution such as a college, a high school or girls school ; or (ii) a public hospital with a large indoor patient ward ; or (iii) an orphanage containing one hundred or more in mates ; or (b) in any thickly populated residential area which is either exclusively residential or reserved or used generally for residential as distinguished from business purposes ; or (c) in any area reserved for residential purposes by any housing or planning scheme or otherwise under any enactment ]1 ; [Provided that no permission to construct any building intended to be used for cinematograph exhibition shall be given unless the board is satisfied that section to the plans and specifications have been obtained in accordance with the rules framed under the Cinematograph Act, 1918. Explanation - For the purposes of this section "place of public entertainment" means any building where music, singing or dancing is provided and to which the public are admitted on payment of money or otherwise and includes a race course, circus, theatre, cinema, music hall, carnival and bagatelle room ]2.

180-A. [Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or any bye-law made thereunder, the construction of, or any addition to, any building, of public entertainment or any addition thereto, shall not except with the previous approval of the State Government, be sanctioned by a Municipality, if the site of, or proposed for such building is - (a) within a radius of one furlong from - (i) any residential institution attached to a recognized educational institution such as a college, a high school or girls school ; or (ii) a public hospital with a large indoor patient ward ; or (iii) an orphanage containing one hundred or more in mates ; or (b) in any thickly populated residential area which is either exclusively residential or reserved or used generally for residential as distinguished from business purposes ; or (c) in any area reserved for residential purposes by any housing or planning scheme or otherwise under any enactment ]1 ; [Provided that no permission to construct any building intended to be used for cinematograph exhibition shall be given unless the board is satisfied that section to the plans and specifications have been obtained in accordance with the rules framed under the Cinematograph Act, 1918. Explanation - For the purposes of this section "place of public entertainment" means any building where music, singing or dancing is provided and to which the public are admitted on payment of money or otherwise and includes a race course, circus, theatre, cinema, music hall, carnival and bagatelle room ]2.

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