General provisions regarding licences and permissions

General provisions regarding licences and permissions (1) Every licence and permission granted under this Act or any rule or bye-law made under this Act shall specify the period, if any, for which, and the restrictions limitations and conditions subject to which the same is granted and shall be signed by the executive authority or by some person duly authorised by him in this behalf. (2) Save as otherwise expressly provided in or may be prescribed under this Act, for every such licence or permission fees may be charged on such units and at such rates as may be fixed by the gram panchayat: Provided that a person who is a barber, washerman, medari or kummara or other village artisan by profession shall not be liable to pay any fees in relation to the licence granted to him for the use of any place in the gram panchayat for exercising his profession or transacting his business as such. (3) Every order of the authority competent under this Act or any rule or bye-law made thereunder to pass an order refusing, suspending, cancelling or modifying a licence or permission shall be in writing and shall state the grounds on which it proceeds: Provided that every application for a licence or permission under this Act shall be disposed of within fifteen days from the date of receipt thereof or from the date of receipt of approvals or completion of other formalities prescribed failing which it shall be deemed that licence or permission is granted. (4) Subject to the special provisions regarding private markets, any licence or permission granted under this Act or any rule or bye-law made thereunder it may, at any time, after giving the persons concerned an opportunity of making a representation be suspended or revoked by the executive authority if any of the restrictions, limitations or conditions laid down in respect thereof is evaded or infringed by the grantee, or if the grantee is convicted of a breach of any of the provisions of this Act, or of any rule, bye-law or regulation made under it, in any matter to which such licence or permission relates or if the grantee has obtained the same by misrepresentation or fraud.