Chapter IIL -

The Central Government may make rules regulating the procedure for holding a referendum under section 5.

An empowered local body may make rules prescribing (a) the portions of its local area in which licensed shops may be situated ; (b) the hours during which liquor may be sold at such shops ; (c) the minimum age, which shall not exceed 18 years, of the persons who may be served with liquor at such shops.