Given that the law now allowed councils to grant or refuse licences to cinemas according to the content of the films they showed, the 1909 Act therefore enabled the introduction of censorship.
Dado que a lei agora permitía concilios para conferir ou negar licenzas ós cinemas segundo o contido dos filmes, puxeron en evidencia que a Lei 1909 consecuentemente, habilitáballes a introdución de censura.