Licence for crushing

(1) On and after such date as the Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf, no sugarcane shall be crushed in any factory unless a licence for that purpose has been obtained in respect of that factory from the Government. (2) Every application for a licence under sub-section (1) shall be made to the Government in such form as may be prescribed and shall be accompanied by such fee not exceeding Rs. 500 as may be prescribed. (3) The Government shall grant the licence applied for, if the factory was in existence on the date of the publication of the notification under sub-section (1) or its construction had been commenced or it had been ordered before that date ; in other cases the Government may either grant the licence or, for reasons to be communicated in writing, refuse to grant it : Provided that no licence shall be refused unless the applicant has been given an opportunity to show cause against such refusal and the Advisory Committee shall be consulted in regard thereto. (4) A licence granted under this section shall be valid for a period of ten years, but may, subject to the provisions of sub-section (5), be renewed by the Government from time to time, during the last year of its currency for a period of ten years on each occasion. (5) The Government may, for reasons to be communicated in writing, refuse to renew a licence on the ground that the licensee has been guilty of a breach of any of the conditions of his licence or of contravening any of the provisions of this Act : Provided that the licensee shall be given an opportunity to show cause against such refusal and the Advisory Committee shall be consulted in regard thereto.