Title.

An Ordinance. to amend the "Licensed Theatres Ordinance 1862."

[13th June 1870.]

Preamble.

Whereas it is expedient to extend the provisions of the "Licensed Theatres Ordinance 1862" to places of public exhibition and entertainment other than and besides those mentioned in the said Ordinance and to amend the said Ordinance in other particulars :

Be It Therefore Enacted by the Superintendent of the Province of Otago with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof as follows:—

Short Title.

1. This Ordinance may be cited and referred to as the "Licensed Theatres Ordinance 1870."

Sections 1 and 3 of 'Licensed Theatres Ordinance 1862" repealed.

2. Sections one and three of the "Licensed Threatres Ordinance 1862" shall be and the same are hereby respectively repealed.

Stage and other entertainments prohibited except in Licensed Theatres.

3. If after the passing of this Ordinance any person or persons shall within the City of Dunedin or within any other place or places to which the provisions of the "Licensed Theatres Ordinance 1862" have since the passing of the said Ordinance been or to which the provisions of the said Ordinance as amended by this Ordinance shall hereafter be made applicable by Proclamation of the Superintendent in the Provincial Government Gazette (which Proclamation the Superintendent is hereby authorized from time to time to make) act represent or perform or cause to be acted represented or performed for hire gain or reward any stage play or other entertainment of the stage to which admission shall or may be procured by payment of money or by tickets or by the purchase of any article as a condition ol admission or by any other means token or consideration as the price hire or rent of admission or if any person or persons shall take or receive or cause to be taken or received any money goods or valuable tiling whatsoever by way of rent fee or reward for the use or hire of any house room building land tenement or place wherein any such stage play or other entertainment of the stage as aforesaid shall be acted represented performed made done or exhibited or being the owner thereof shall knowingly permit or suffer the same to be so used or applied every such person shall in case the place wherein such stage play or other entertainment shall be acted represented performed made done or exhibited without the written authority or license of the said Superintendent upon conviction forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding £50 to be recovered in a summary way.

Fees for licenses; Licenses may he issued without fee in certain cases.

4. Licenses under this Ordinance may be issued by the Provincial Treasurer on the authority of the Superintendent, either for one year or one month or for a single night only : The fee payable for a yearly license shall be the sum of thirty pounds and for a monthly license shall be the sum of five pounds and for a license for a single night the sum of five shillings and all such license fees shall be paid to the Provincial Treasurer for the public service of the Province : Provided always that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent to authorise the issue of single night licenses without payment of any fee whatsoever in cases where it shall be shown to his satisfaction that the proceeds or a proportion of the proceeds of the stage play or other entertainment of the stage proposed to be acted represented or performed are to be applied for the benefit of any public institution or to any benevolent or charitable purpose.

Interpretation.

5. The words "stage play or other entertainment of the stage" where-ever used in this Ordinance or in the said "Licensed Theatres Ordinance 1S62 "shall extend to and include any interlude tragedy comedy play farce burlesque burletta melodrama pantomime opera musical entertainment singing ballet stage dancing jugglery tumbling horsemanship exhibition of animals or other similar exhibition and also that kind of entertainment known as the drawing-room entertainment and every sort or kind of entertainment exhibition or amusement to which admission shall or may be procured by payment of money or by tickets or by the purchase of any article as a condition of admission or by any other means token or consideration as the price hire or rent of admission and this Ordinance shall be taken read and interpreted as part of and incorporated with the said "Licensed Theatres Ordinance 1862."