the play or entertainment.

B. No disclosure of the particulars of a theatrical entertainment
shall be required before performance.

C. Licences shall not be withheld on the ground that the
existence of theatres is dangerous to religion and morals, or on
the ground that any entertainment given or contemplated is
heretical or immoral.

D. The licensing area shall be no less than that of a County
Council or City Corporation, which shall not delegate its
licensing powers to any minor local authority or to any official
or committee; it shall decide all questions affecting the
existence of a theatrical licence by vote of the entire body;
managers, lessees, and proprietors of theatres shall have the
right to plead, in person or by counsel, against a proposal to
withhold a licence; and the licence shall not be withheld except
for stated reasons, the validity of which shall be subject to the
judgment of the high courts.

E. The annual licence, once granted, shall not be cancelled or
suspended unless the manager has been convicted by public
prosecution of an offence against the ordinary laws against
disorderly housekeeping, indecency, blasphemy, etc., except in
cases where some structural or sanitary defect in the building
necessitates immediate action for the protection of the public
against physical injury.

F. No licence shall be refused on the ground that the proximity