Here's the law allowing TN to overrule censor board, ban films

At a media conference held earlier on Thursday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said that media reports indicating that the state government could not ban a film outright were completely erroneous. Explaining her stand, the Chief Minister said that the Tamil Nadu Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 1955 gave the state government the powers to do exactly that. [caption id=“attachment_608771” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  PTI[/caption] The relevant provision, article 7(1) (which was also used to ban the film, Dam 999) reads as follows: The government in respect of the whole of the state or any part thereof, and the District Collector within his jurisdiction, may, if they or he are or is of opinion that any film which is being or is about to be publicly exhibited is likely to cause a breach of the peace, by order, suspend the exhibition of the film; and during such suspension, no person shall exhibit such film or permit it to be exhibited in any place in the state or any part or district thereof, as the case may be. *The act has been put online by PRS Legislative. This is the piece of legislation in question.

The Tamil Nadu Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 1955 by firstpost