Employment of Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers
The Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981 provides for the regulation of the conditions of employment of certain cine-workers and cinema theatre workers and for matters connected therewith. According to the provisions of the Act ‘cinema theatre’ means a place which is licensed under Part III of the Cinematograph Act, 1952, or under any other law for the time being in force in a State for the exhibition of a cinematograph film and ‘cinematograph film’ has the same meaning as in the Cinematograph Act, 1952. The Act prohibits the employment of any cine-worker without an agreement in writing with the producer of the film or where any cine-worker is employed through a contractor or other person, with the producer of such film and such contractor or other person.
