Duties of censors

(1) It shall be the duty of the censor or censors deputed for the purpose by the Chairman of the Board, to examine every cinematograph film and every film-poster submitted to the Board for approval, and the censor or censors so deputed may exercise all the powers of the Board. (2) The Board’s approval shall not be given in the case of any film or any poster which in the opinion of the Board depicts any matter that is against public order and decency, or the exhibition of which for any other reason is in the opinion of the Board undesirable in the public interest. 8 (3) As regards a film, such approval may be given generally or on condition that any portion of a film shall be omitted, or may be given subject to a condition that the film or a portion of the film shall be exhibited only to persons of a specified age or sex or only at certain times. (4) Such approval shall be signified by a certificate in the form set forth in the Schedule or to the like effect and such certificate may at any time be cancelled by notice in writing. (5) A film to which any matter has been added after it has been approved by the Board shall be again submitted for approval, and until it has been again approved shall be deemed not to have been approved.