Section 14A in Tamil Nadu Exhibition of Films on Television Screen Through Video Cassette Recorders and Cable Television Network (Regulation) Rules, 1984
14A. [ Distance between places. [Inserted by G. O. Ms. No. 2592, Home Department, dated the 18th October 1985.]
(a)No exhibition of film on Television Screen through Video Cassette Recorders shall be allowed in a place, if the distance to the nearest permanent and semi-permanent cinema located in the same local area or in an adjacent village panchayat or town or in the cities of [Chennai], Madurai and Coimbatore is less than two kilometres.(b)No exhibition of film on Television Screen through Video Cassette Recorder shall be allowed in a place, if the distance to the nearest touring cinema located in the same local area or in an adjacent village panchayat or town or in the cities of [Chennai] [Substituted for the word 'Madras' by the City of Madras (Alteration of Name) Act, 1996 (Tamil Nadu Act 28 of 1996).], Madurai and Coimbatore is less than 1.609 kilometres.(c)The distance between any two places where exhibition of film on Television Screen through Video Cassette Recorder is made shall be not less than two kilometres:Provided that nothing contained in clauses (a) to (c) shall apply to any exhibition of film on Television Screen through Video Cassette Recorder for domestic purposes to the family members of the household only.Explanation. - (1) For the purpose of this rule, the expression 'local area' means the area within the jurisdiction of the municipal council or a panchayat or a revenue village.(2)The distance between the place where exhibition of film on Television Screen through Video Cassette Recorder is made and the permanent cinema, semi-permanent cinema, touring cinema, or a place where exhibition is made, as the case may be, shall be reckoned along the shortest pathway, lane, street, road or any other route from the cabin room of the cinema concerned to the entrance to the place or between the entrances of two places where exhibition of film on Television Screen through Video Cassette Recorder is made.]
