Registration (No. 2).

A.D. 1924. cancellation or suspension, as the case may be, and shall forward the said certificate so endorsed to the registration authority by which the said certificate was issued, and the said registration authority shall thereupon cause entry of such cancellation or suspension to be made 5 in the register of theatrical employers, and in the case. of suspension shall retain the said certificate until the period of suspension has expired, and in the case of cancellation shall retain the said certificate.

Persons who

may not be registered.

Certain convicted

to act as

9. A person whose certificate of registration has 10 been cancelled, or who has been declared unfit to be a theatrical employer as herein before provided, shall not at any time thereafter register himself as a theatrical employer, and if he does so register himself his registration shall be null and void and he shall be guilty of an 15 offence under this Act and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds and to be imprisoned for a period not exceeding six months with or without hard labour.

10. Any person whose certificate of registration 20 under this Act has been cancelled as aforesaid or in persons not respect of whom a declaration has been made that he is unfit to be a theatrical employer shall be guilty of an offence under this Act if at any time thereafter he acts as servant or agent for a theatrical employer. For the 25 employers. purpose of this section a director or similar officer of a corporation shall be deemed to be a servant of such corporation.

servants or agents for theatrical

11. If an offence against this Act is committed by a corporation, the director, secretary, officers and 30 manager and each of them of such corporation shall be deemed to have committed such offence. In the case of an offence committed by a partnership firm every partner in the firm shall be liable to such offence:

Provided that any director, secretary, officer, manager 35 or partner as aforesaid who can prove to the satisfaction of the court that he was no party to the committing of the offence and that he exercised reasonable diligence with regard to the affairs of the company or firm (as the case may be) and was unable to prevent the commission of 40 such offence shall not be liable for such offence.

Registration (No. 2).

12. This Act shall not apply--

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(a) To any person who holds a licence to produce Application.
stage plays or a licence for music and
dancing or a cinematograph licence from
any person or authority in the United King-
dom lawfully entitled to grant such a licence
but only so long as such licence remains in
force:

(b) To any person who not for gain or in the way
of business employs or engages theatrical per-
formers for performances in aid of charitable
objects or other similar purposes.

tion.

13. In the interpretation of this Act "theatrical Interpretaemployer" means any person (including partnership 15 firms and corporations) who by himself or any agent engages or employs at any one time three or more theatrical performers.

A "theatrical performer " includes any actor, singer, dancer, acrobat or performer of any kind employed to 20 act, sing, dance, play or perform in any theatre, music hall or other place of public entertainment, or to rehearse with a view to so acting, singing, dancing, playing or performing, as well as any person employed to take part in the acting or representation of any play, act, event 25 or scene being photographed or otherwise recorded as a picture or pictures or other optical effect suitable or intended for being exhibited by means of a cinematograph or other similar apparatus; and the term theatrical performer shall include all persons employed or engaged 30 for purposes of a chorus or crowd, and shall include stage hands and members of an orchestra.

14. This Act may be cited as "The Theatrical Short title. Employers Registration Act, 1924."

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Registration (No. 2).

Registration (No. 2).

SECOND SCHEDULE.

INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED BY THEATRICAL
EMPLOYERS ON REGISTRATION.

Full, true and correct name.

Name under which the

5 theatrical employer carries on business; his address or addresses (1) of his residence, (2) where he carries on business.

In the case of a partnership firm the like particulars as to every partner in the firm.

In the case of a corporation the true name, business and 10 private addresses of all directors, the secretary and any person who acts as manager, as well as the name and registered address and place or places of business of the corporation.

The business, professional calling of the theatrical employer; if of a firm that of each partner therein; and that of every director 15 and the secretary and manager (if any) of any corporation applying for registration.

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THIRD SCHEDULE.

FORM OF CERTIFICATE.

The Theatrical Employers Registration Act, 1924.

This is to certify that (name) carrying on business as (business name, if any) at (business address) and residing at (private address) has been registered with (name of registration authority) as a theatrical employer under the above-mentioned Act.

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Dated the

day of (Signed)

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An officer duly authorised for the purpose by the said (registration authority).

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Presented by Mr. Bowerman,