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title: "British Film Institute Act 1949"
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# British Film Institute Act 1949

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

British Film Institute Act 1949
1949 c.35
An Act to provide for the payment to the British Film Institute of grants out of moneys provided by Parliament.
[31st May 1949]

## 1 Payment of grants to British Film Institute. {#section-1}

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the Treasury may from time to time make grants to that Institute of such amounts as they think fit out of moneys provided by Parliament.

## 2 Short title. {#section-2}

This Act may be cited as the British Film Institute Act 1949.