Section 30 in The Meghalaya Cinemas (Regulation) Rules
30. Exits.
(a)In addition to the normal means of entrance to the auditorium, emergency exits shall be provided to the satisfaction of the Licensing Authority, There shall be at least two such emergency exit.(b)Two separate exits shall be provided to every floor or gallery and no stairway shall discharge into a passage or corridor against or across the direction of the exit; provided that the Licensing Authority may accept any other arrangements which are likely to ensure adequate safety.(c)Every exit from the auditorium shall provide a clear opening space of not less than 7 feet height and 5 feet wide.(d)All doors shall open outwards and there shall be no type of fastening on any door liable to become slipped, dropped or secured during the performance.If the doors be secured by locks, the lock shall be opened and the key removed during performance.(e)The door when opened shall be such as not to obstruct the exit passage way on the outside.(f)There shall be no steps in such doorways nor shall any batten, carpet or other object be so placed at or near any doorway as to be likely to cause stumbling.(g)No staircase, landing lobby, corridor or passage, not being an internal passage between rows of seats, intended for use as an exit shall be less than 5 feet wide and than shall be no recesses or projection in the walls of such passages, gangways or corridors within 5 feet of the ground.(h)The word "Exit" or its vernacular equivalent shall be conspicuously fixed on the auditorium side of each doorway.Unless the subdued lighting of the auditorium during performances referred to in this Rules is sufficient to make these notices clearly visible, each notice shall be lit by a special light to the satisfaction of the Licensing Authority.
