There were 302 instances of violations of censorship that
have come to the notice of the Central Board of Film Certification
(CBFC) during the current year. This included, 104 in Thiruvananthapuram,
100 in Bangalore, 45 in Chennai, 22 in Delhi, 20 in Kolkata,
6 in Hyderabad and 5 in Mumbai.
The enforcement of the penal provisions of the Cinematograph
Act lies with the State Governments/Union Territories. However,
to strengthen the hands of the State Governments in detecting
violations of the Cinematograph Act and the rules made thereunder,
the Central Government has evolved a Scheme for appointment
of private detective agencies for all the nine regions of
CBFC. These agencies assist in checking violations by conducting
raids in cinema theatres and filing FIR's with Police authorities.
This information was given by Minister of Information &
Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri P.R. Dasmunsi
in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
