law: Cinematograph Act, 1952 
  11. Licensing authority 
  The authority having power to grant licenses under this Part
  
  (hereinafter referred to as the licensing authority) shall be the District
  
  Magistrate:
  PROVIDED  that the State Government may, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, constitute, for the whole or any part of
  
  a Union territory, such other authority as it may specify in the notification
  
  to be the licensing authority for the purposes of this Part.