Purposes for which places may not be used without a licence

Purposes for which places may not be used without a licence. –

1. (1) The Government may, by notification, specify the purposes for which any place may not be used without a licence and except in accordance with the conditions specified in such licence.
2. (2) The Village Panchayat shall, as regards the places within its jurisdiction and the Panchayat Union Council shall, as regards the places within its jurisdiction, regulate the grant and renewal of such licences.
3. (3) The owner or occupier of every such place shall within thirty days of the publication of such notification, apply to the Executive Authority or the Commissioner, as the case may be, for a licence for the use of such place for such purpose.
4. (4) The Executive Authority or the Commissioner, as the case may be, may, by an order and subject to such restrictions and regulations as may be specified in such order, grant or refuse to grant such licence.
5. (5) Every order of the Executive Authority or the Commissioner granting or refusing to grant a licence shall be published in the notice board of the Village Panchayat or the Panchayat Union, as the case may be.
6. (6) Every such licence shall expire at the end of the year unless it is renewed.
7. (7) No application for a licence or for renewal shall be deemed to be granted until the orders of the Executive Authority or the Commissioner, as the case may be, are communicated to the applicant.
8. (8) The Village Panchayat or the Panchayat Union Council, as the case may be, may by notification, specify the fee for the grant or renewal of a licence under this section.