Section 16 in Punjab Exhibition of Films on Television Screen through Video Cassette Players (Regulation) Rules, 1989
16. Conditions regarding seating accommodation.
- The licensee shall comply with the following requirements in respect of seating accommodation etc. in a building :-(i)the building licensed for exhibiting films on television screen through Video Cassette Player shall not accommodate more than twenty persons per nine square metres in the auditorium.Note - The area comprising the entrance, passage, corridor, gangway and stage shall, however, be deducted for the purpose of calculating the area available for seating accommodation;(ii)the distance between the television screen and first row of seats shall not be less than ten feet;(iii)there shall be a passage of 0.90 metre in width for every two rows of the seating accommodation;(iv)the gangway shall not be less than 0.90 metre in width and shall be so arranged that no seat shall be more than ten feet away from gangway;(v)the chairs shall be battened together in complete lengths;(vi)there shall be an intervening space of at least 0.35 metre between the back of one seat and the front of the seat immediately behind measured between perpendicular;(vii)there shall be two door ways fitted with doors to open outwards;(viii)there shall be opening of one and half square metres for every ten persons to ensure good ventilation;(ix)there shall be an open space of not less than ten feet in width on any two sides of the building and open space of twenty feet on the third side for parking of vehicles;(x)there shall be provided such number of W.Cs. and urinals as may be specified by the licensing authority;(xi)there shall be provided one portable fire extinguisher of CO 2 or D.P.C. type of one kilogram capacity and one bucket of nine litres filled with sand; and(xii)the drinking water shall be provided in such manner and in such quantity as may be specified by the licensing authority.
