Licensing authority

The authority having power to grant licenses under this Act (hereinafter referred to as the licensing authority'), shall be the District Magistrate; Provided that the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, constitute for the whole or any part of the State, such other authority as it may specify therein to be the licensing authority for the purposes of this Act. Licences, whether for a period of three years or temporary, shall be in form A annexed to these Rules and shall be subject to the conditions and restrictions set forth therein and to the provisions of these rules.