N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law § 19.05: This article not retroactive under certain conditions

§ 19.05. This article not retroactive under certain conditions.

Sections 19.01 and 19.03 of this article shall not be retroactive for

any booth approved by the appropriate public authority or official prior

to March third, nineteen hundred forty-one, provided such booth have or

be so reconstructed of the same material as to have dimensions as

specified in section 19.03 of this article; provided such booth conform

to the specification of section 19.03 of this article as regards vent

flue, box for storage of films, specifications for rewinding and

repairing films and specifications for windows and doors, and provided

such booth be of rigid fireproof material, and be insulated so as not to

conduct electricity to any other part of the building and be so

separated from any adjacent combustible material as not to communicate

fire through intense heat in case of combustion within the booth.