Registration.

(1) Any person intending to carry on the business of a hotel keeper shall, before he commences such business, apply for registration to the prescribed authority in the prescribed manner. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), any person already operating/running a hotel in a tourist area on the date of the notification under clause (k) of section 2 is issued, shall apply for registration within three months from the aforesaid date. (3) Every application made under sub-section (1) shall be disposed off within a period of one month from the date of receipt of the application failing which the application shall be deemed to have been accepted for registration.