23. Amendment to Act 40 of 1963.—

In the Kerala Places of Public Resort Act, 1963 (40 of 1963),—

(a) for section 5, the following section shall be substituted, namely:— "5. Authority to whom application should be made.—An application under section 4 shall be made to the Secretary of the municipality or the village panchayat as the case may be.";

(b) for sub-section (3) of section 11, the following shall be substituted, namely:— "(3) The appeal shall lie to the council of the municipality or, as the case maybe, the village panchayat concerned."; (c) in section 13, for the word "Government", wherever it occurs, the words, figures and brackets "the Appellate Tribunals constituted under section 271 S of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994)"shall be substituted; (d) in section 16,— (i) in sub-section (1), for the words "five hundred rupees" the words "two thousand and five hundred rupees" shall be substituted; (ii) after sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:— "(5) The licensing authority may, subject to such restriction and control as may be prescribed, compound any offence punishable under this Act, or any rules or bye-laws made thereunder which may, by rules, be declared compoundable."