Provided that no application for registration shall be refused unless the person applying for registration has been allowed an opportunity of being heard.

Removal of the name from the register Removal of the name from the register.-The prescribed authority may, by an order in writing, remove the name of a hotel from the register and cancel its certificate of registration on any of the following grounds, namely :-

1. (a) if the hotel-keeper ceases to operate the hotel in the tourist area for which he is registered;
2. (b) if the hotel-keeper is convicted of any offence-
   • (i) involving moral turpitude;
   • (ii) under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954;
3. (c) if the hotel-keeper is declared as an insolvent by the court of competent jurisdiction;
4. (d) if the hotel-keeper fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Act or rules framed thereunder;
5. (e) if a hotel becomes a nuisance for a locality or an adjoining building and the prescribed authority is satisfied thereof.