Section 24 in Bihar Cinemas (Regulation) Rules, 1974
24. Emergency lighting.
(1)In every licensed building the following emergency lighting shall be provided namely :-(a)Lights serving to illuminate every doorway, lobby, staircase, corridor, and other portions of the theatre to which the public may have access either generally or in case of emergency hereinafter referred to as "exit emergency light."(b)Not less than two lights serving to illuminate the auditorium (hereinafter referred to as "auditorium emergency light.")(2)The auditorium emergency light shall each be not less than 200 candle power, lights is an auditorium normally used at intervals during a performance and controlled from the projection room shall not be deemed emergency lights for the purpose of complying with these rules.(3)The whole of the emergency lighting shall be controlled in one place which shall be a lobby or other convenient place, and shall be in the front of the building and so situated as to readily accessible to the cinema staff in case of emergency and no emergency lighting shall be controlled from the projection room.(4)Where the illuminant used in electricity the emergency lighting system either-(a)have a source of supply entirely separate from the source of supply to the auditorium projection room and stage lighting; or(b)if the supply is generated at a source not situated upon the licensed premises, it shall be fed through independent service fuses : or(c)if the supply is generated at a source situated upon the licensed premises, it shall be fed through independent main fuses.(5)Where the illuminant used is electricity emergency lighting circuits shall not be fed through more than one switchboard, and these circuits shall on no account enter or be carried through the projection room.
