 bill no 71 of 2010 the cinematograph (amendment) bill, 2010 by shri anandrao vithoba adsul, mp a billfurther to amend the cinematograph act, 1952be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first year of the republic of india as follows:—1 this act may be called the cinematograph (amendment) act, 2010short title section 2 3  after part ii of the principal act, the following part shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new part iia "part iia certification of programmes telecast on television59a (1) for the purpose of sanctioning programmes telecast on television for public exhibition, the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitute a board of television programmes certificationestablishment of board of television programmes certification(2) the board of television programmes certification shall consist of a chairman and six other members, who shall be appointed by the central government10(3) the chairman of the board of television programmes certification shall receive such salary and allowances as may be determined by the central government, and other members shall receive such allowances or fees for attending the meetings of the board of television programmes certification as may be prescribed(4) the other terms and conditions of service of the members of the board of television programmes certification shall be such as may be prescribed159b (1) the board of television programmes certification shall have regional offices in every state and union territory(2) every regional office of the board of television programmes certification shall have a director and such other members as may be prescribedregional offices of board of television programmes certification(3) the terms and conditions of service of directors and other members in regional offices of the board of television programmes certification shall be such as may be prescribed209c all provisions relating to certification of films in this act shall apply mutatis mutandis to programmes telecast on television"provision of the act to apply mutatis mutandis to television programmes power to make rules9d  (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this part25 30(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthere has been a steep increase in the number of programmes telecast on television channels the number of channels has also increased considerably over the years however, there is virtually no scrutiny by any government agency having regard to the nature, content and theme of the programmes even a cursory scrutiny is not done as such, many programmes blatantly violate ethical norms at present there is a board of film certification which sanctions films for public exhibition these films are mostly screened in cinema halls but the programmes telecast on television are not subject to such censor or regulation programmes exhibiting violence and crime are likely to misguide the youth and children childern are vulnerable to such programmes and take to violence and crime in many casesit is accordingly proposed that a separate board of television programmes certification should be set up to scrutinise and give appropriate certification to programmes telecast on television channelshence this billnew delhi;anandrao  vithoba  adsulmay 7, 2010 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill seeks, inter-alia, to set up a separate board for sanctioning television programmes there is also a provision for setting up of regional offices in every state and union territory the proposal to establish a board and regional offices is likely to involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees ten crores will be involveda non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crores is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 3 of the bill seeks to insert, inter-alia, a new section 9d in the principal act, which empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill since the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character annexureextract from the cinematograph act, 1952(act no 37 of 1952)|     |     |     |     |     |     |    ||------|------|------|------|------|------|-----|definitions| 2   |    |    |    |     |     |    ||------|-----|-----|-----|------|------|-----|| (a)  |    |    |    |     |     |    || (b)  |    |    |    |     |     |    || (c)  |    |    |    |     |     |    |(d)      (dd) "film" means a cinematograph film       lok sabha———— a billfurther to amend the cinematograph act, 1952————(shri anandrao vithoba adsul, mp)gmgipmrnd—2651ls(s5)—14-07-2010