Application for licence

Application for licence - From the appointed day -

1. (a) no person shall establish a saw mill except under and in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted in that behalf under this Act: Provided that the State Government may notify such period during which no licence for establishment of any new saw mill shall be granted.
2. (b) no person shall carry on a saw mill which is in existence on the said date unless an application in that behalf has been made by such person to the Licensing Officer within thirty days from such date and licence has been granted or is deemed to have been granted to him under this Act: Provided that until the period of thirty days, and thereafter during the pendency of the application for consideration, it shall be deemed as if the licence has been granted to such person under this Act and he was carrying on the saw mill accordingly.