In all competitive situations where there is to be an alternative selection of motion pictures by competitive exhibitors, the producer and/or distributor shall set the date for such alternative selection in each competitive situation, and each exhibitor shall be notified simultaneously in writing, by registered mail by the producer and/or distributor. The selection shall take place in the town or city where such competition exists, and it shall be unlawful for any producer, exhibitor or any other person having traveling or district agents, to make or close in any place, other than in New Mexico, any contract for the sale or lease of any motion picture or pictures for any competitive situation in New Mexico, unless all competitive exhibitors mutually agree otherwise in writing.
History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 13; 1941 Comp., § 51-2713; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-13.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations
Section 57-5-2 - [Purpose of act; violations; penalty.]
Section 57-5-3 - [Restrictive contracts, combinations or monopolies illegal; penalty.]
Section 57-5-5 - [Division of products among exhibitors.]
Section 57-5-8 - [Secret rebates or arrangements unlawful; penalty.]
Section 57-5-14 - [Civil liability for violation.]
Section 57-5-15 - [Misrepresentation of box office value; civil liability.]
Section 57-5-16 - [Fair and equitable adjustments of contracts permitted.]
Section 57-5-17 - [Existing contracts to be filed with public regulation commission.]
Section 57-5-18 - [Public regulation commission as agent for service of process.]
Section 57-5-19 - [Failure to designate agent for service of process; penalty; pictures barred.]
Section 57-5-20 - [Venue of prosecutions.]
Section 57-5-22 - [Determination of first and second run theaters by public regulation commission.]