Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, regulating the public exhibition of films under the provisions of the Cinematograph Act 1952.

Films can be publicly exhibited in India only after they have been certified by the Central Board of Film Certification.

The Board consists of non-official members (12 to 25) and a Chairman (all of whom are appointed by Central Government) and functions with headquarters at Mumbai. It has nine regional offices, one each at Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Cuttack and Guwahati. A regional facilitation office of CBFC has been recently set up in Chandigarh. The Regional Offices are assisted in the examination of films by Advisory Panels. The members of the panels are nominated by Central Government by drawing people from different walks of life.

The Certification process is in accordance with The Cinematograph Act, 1952, The Cinematograph (certification) Rules, 1983, and the guidelines issued by the Central government u/s 5 (B).

The link of the website is mentioned below:

https://cbfcindia.gov.in

e-cinepramaan portal of CBFC:

The Online Certification System of CBFC ‘e-cinepramaan’ came into force on 1st April, 2017. The system of CBFC aims at transparency and ease of doing business. The move is an important step towards making the CBFC office paper less and also to enable effective monitoring and real time progress tracking for both CBFC officials and the producers. Film certification is now a time bound and transparent process

Visit e-cinepramaan portal