11. Licensing authority
The authority having power to grant licences under this Part (hereinafter referred to as the licensing authority) shall be the district magistrate:
Provided that the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute, for the whole or any part of a [Union territory], such other authority as it may specify in the notification to be the licensing authority for the purposes of this Part.
Amendment notes (1)
- Subs . Subs. by Act 58 of 1960, s. 3 and Schedule II, for "Part C State".