(a) “Establishment” means a place frequented by large number of people with a likelihood of public gathering of 100 people or more at a time, such as commercial establishments, industrial establishments, religious places, educational institutions, hospitals, sports Complexes, railway stations, bus stations, places of organized congregations and such other establishments as the Government, may by notification declare to be an establishment for the purpose of this Act;
(b) “Government” means the State Government of 4Telangana;
(c) “Licence” means a valid permission or licence to build or run an establishment obtained under 5the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 or 6the Telangana Municipal Corporations Act, 1994 or 7the Telangana Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 1955 or 8the Telangana Education Act, 1982 or any other Act or the rules made under the relevant Acts for this purpose;
(d) “The Licencing (sanctioning) Authority” means an authority competent to issue licence to build or run an establishment under the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 or the Telangana Municipal Corporations Act, 1994 or the Telangana Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 1955 or the Telangana Education Act, 1982 or an authority competent to issue permission or licence for running an educational institution;
(e) “Notification” means a notification published by the Government in the 4Telangana Gazette and the word notified shall be construed accordingly;
(f) “Prescribed” means prescribed by the Government by rules made under this Act;
(g) “Public Safety Measures” means Access Controls and Closed Circuit Television Surveillance at entry and exit points of the establishments and their parking areas by installing,-
(i) Access Controls through Physical and Technical means;
(ii) Surveillance through Closed circuit television surveillance cameras with a provision for storage of video footage for 30 days;
(iii) The technical equipments adhering to the specifications notified by the Government.
Source footnotes
4. Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.5. Adapted by G.O.Ms.No.134, Municipal Administration & Urban Development (F2) Department, dated 13.10.2015.
6. Adapted by G.O.Ms.No.143, Municipal Administration & Urban Development (A2) Department, dated 29.10.2015.
7. Adapted by G.O.Ms.No.17, Energy (Budget) Department, dated 31.05.2016.
8. Adapted by G.O.Ms.No.15, Higher Education (TE) Department, dated 23.04.2015.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 3 · Liability to provide Public Safety Measures.Section 4 · Liability for filing periodical returns.Section 5 · Powers of Inspectors of Police to inspect premises.Section 6 · Failure to provide Public Safety Measures.Section 7 · Protection of action taken in good faith.Section 8 · Savings.Section 9 · Power to make rules.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 20 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.