Current Affairs - Bills and Acts - Discussion

The Dramatic Performances Act, of 1876, was a law enacted by the British to suppress Indian nationalist sentiment. This law gave the government powers to prohibit public dramatic performances deemed scandalous, defamatory, seditious, or obscene. Although declared unconstitutional in 1956, the law remained in force until its formal repeal in 2018 as part of the government's efforts to eliminate obsolete laws.