When competent authority to grant licence

(1) On receipt of the certificate of structural soundness or on an application under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 4, or on the basis of the opinion of the engineer under sub-section (1) of section 5, or on the inspection made under sub-section (1) of section 5, if the competent authority is satisfied— it shall, by written order, grant the licence and if the competent authority is not so satisfied, it shall, by written order, refuse to grant the licence. (2) (a) [Reserved/Inferred from text block flow] (b) In the case of an existing public building, the competent authority shall pass the order under sub-section (1) and shall communicate in the manner prescribed such order to the applicant within a period of six months from the date of the receipt of the application under sub-section (2) of section 4. (3) The licence shall be in the prescribed form, shall be subject to such conditions as may be specified therein and shall also specify the building or the existing public building, as the case may be, the purpose for which it is to be used and the number of persons which the building or the existing public building can accommodate without danger to their safety. (4) A licence granted under sub-section (1) shall be valid for a period of three years or for such shorter period as the competent authority may specify in the licence and the period aforesaid shall commence— (i) in case the licence relates to a building, not being an existing public building, on the date of the communication of the order granting the licence, and, (ii) in case the licence relates to an existing public building, on the date of the expiry of a period of one year from the date of the commencement of this Act. (5) Where the competent authority refuses to grant a licence under sub-section (1), it shall give reasons for such refusal.