26/06/1930: Censorship Of Films (No. 1) Order, 1930.

WHEREAS by Section 12, Sub-section (1) of the Censorship of Films Act, 1923 (No. 23 of 1923), it is enacted that the Minister for Home Affairs may by order, from time to time, make, and when made vary and revoke regulations for carrying into effect the objects of that Act, and in particular for regulating the conduct of the office of the Official Censor, the making of applications to him, the granting of certificates by him, and the bringing of appeals to the Appeal Board.

AND WHEREAS by the Censorship of Films (No. 1) Order, 1925, dated the 13th August, 1925, made in pursuance of the said Section and Sub-section a form of application to the Official Censor for censorship was so prescribed.

AND WHEREAS in view of the Censorship of Films (Amendment) Act, 1930 (No. 13 of 1930), it has been deemed advisable to alter the procedure for the making of applications to the Official Censor for the censorship of pictures accompanied by vocal or other sounds produced by mechanical means in synchronization with the optical effect constituting such picture (hereinafter referred to as sound films).

NOW, I, JAMES FITZGERALD-KENNEY, MINISTER FOR JUSTICE, being the Minister exercising under the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 , the powers formerly vested in the Minister for Home Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by Section 12, Sub- section 1 of the Censorship of Films Act, 1923 , and of each and every power me in this behalf enabling, do hereby order as follows :—

1. Every application under Section 7 (1) of the Censorship of Films Act, 1923 , which relates to a sound film, shall be accompanied by a copy of the script, being the document commonly known by that name amongst persons engaged in the trade of exhibiting pictures by means of a cinematograph or other similar apparatus or the making, distribution or renting of such pictures.

2. Applications to the Official Censor for censorship of sound films shall not be in the form prescribed by the Censorship of Film (No. 1) Order, 1925, and shall be in the form in the Schedule hereto or in such modification thereof as may be suitable.

3. This Order may be cited as the Censorship of Films (No. 1) Order, 1930.

Given under my Seal of Office this 26th day of June,

1930.

(Signed) JAMES FITZGERALD KENNEY.

Minister for Justice.

ÉINRI Ó'FRIGIL.

SCHEDULE.

NA HACHTANNA UM SCRUDOIREACHT SCANNAN, 1923 go dti 1930.

CENSORSHIP OF FILMS ACTS, 1923 to 1930.

Please receive for Censorship the undermentioned Film, together with a copy of the Script, and two copies of the Exploitation Sheet relating to same....................................................19......

For use by Scrudoir na Scannan only	To be filled in by Applicant		To be filled in by Scrudoir na Scannan
Title	Nature of Film	Length in Feet

I declare that above particulars are true, and that the copy of the Script and the copies of the Exploitation Sheet are true copies, respectively, of the Script and Exploitation Sheet relating to the said Film.

The system employed in the said Film is Sound on Film *

,, ,, Disc.

............................................................ ................Signature of Applicant.

............................................................ ..................Address of Applicant.

Scrudoir na Scannan will enter the amount of the fee chargeable in accordance with prescribed scale, and return form to applicant, who will then have the form stamped in prescribed manner to the required amount, and produce it to the Scrudoir na Scannan. The Film and Exploitation Sheet will then be censored.

* Strike out whichever does not apply.