Sunday Entertainments Act 1932

5 Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say :—

• " Cinematograph entertainment " means the exhibition of pictures or other optical effects by means of a cinematograph or other similar apparatus, with or without the mechanical reproduction of sound:

• " Contravention, " in relation to any condition, includes a failure to comply with that condition :

• " Musical entertainment " means a concert or similar entertainment consisting of the performance of music, with or without singing or recitation :

• " Museum " includes any place permanently used for the exhibition of sculpture, casts, models, or other similar objects :

• " Prescribed percentage " means such percentage, not exceeding five per cent., as a Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, prescribe by regulations made by him and laid before Parliament:

• " Sunday Observance Acts, 1625 to 1780, " means the [1 Chas. 1. c. 1.] Sunday Observance Act, 1625, the [29 Chas. 2. c. 7.] Sunday Observance Act, 1677, and the [29 Geo. 3. c. 49.] Sunday Observance Act, 1780.