S.I. No. 143/1944 - Censorship of Films Act, 1923 (Fees), Order, 1944.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1944. No. 143.

CENSORSHIP OF FILMS ACT, 1923 (FEES), ORDER, 1944.

I, GERALD BOLAND, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 11 of the Censorship of Films Act, 1923 (No. 23 of 1923), hereby order as follows :—

1 Short title and commencement.

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Censorship of Films Act, 1923 (Fees) Order, 1944.

(2) This Order, shall come into operation on the 15th day of May, 1944.

2 The Act.

2. In this Order, the expression "the Act " means the Censorship of Films Act, 1923 (No. 23 of 1923).

3 Charging of fees set out in Schedule.

3. The fees set out in the Schedule to this Order shall be charged under the Act in lieu of those fixed by the Orders of the Minister for Justice made under Section 11 of the Act on the 10th day of December, 1924, and the 30th day of November, 1926, respectively.

4 Exception in respect of films of educational nature.

4. No fee shall be charged under the Act in respect of a film which, in the opinion of the Official Censor, is of an educational nature.

SCHEDULE.

1. The fee to be charged in respect of an application to the Official Censor for a certificate under the Act shall be :—

(a) in the case of a film which, in the opinion of the Official Censor, is in any of the following categories, that is to say, " topical," " travel," " interest," a fee of 3/50d. per foot of film ;

(b) in the case of any other film (not being, in the opinion of the Official Censor, of an educational nature), a fee of 6/25d. per foot of film.

Where a fee calculated under this paragraph includes a fraction of 1/-, the fraction shall not be charged if it is less than 6d., and shall be charged is 1/- if it is 6d. or more.

2. The fee in respect of a copy or reasons furnished by the Official Censor in pursuance or subsection (2) of section 8 of the Act shall be 5/-.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 29th day of April, 1944

(Signed) GERALD BOLAND,

Minister for Justice.

The Minister for Finance hereby sanctions the foregoing Order.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 4th day of May, 1944

(Signed) J. J. McELLIGOTT.