(l) A licence issued under Rule 11 or renewed under Rule 15 may for good and sufficient reasons be amended by the licensing officer.
(2) The Contractor who desires to have the licence amended shall submit to the licensing officer an application stating the nature of amendment and reasons therefor.
(3)(i) If the licensing officer allows the application, he shall require the applicant to furnish a crossed demand draft for the amount, if any, by which the fees that would have been payable if the licence had been originally issued in the amended form ex-ceeds the fee originally paid for the licence.
(ii) On the applicant furnishing the requisite receipt, the licence shall be amended according to the orders of the licensing officer.
(4) Where the application for amendment is refused, the licensing officer shall record the reasons for such refusal and communicate the same to the applicant.
14. Renewal of licence. Sections 9(3), 35(2)(d)—(l) Every contractor may apply to the licensing officer for renewal of the licence.
(2) The application shall be in Form IX in triplicate and shall be made not less than thirty days before the date on which the licence expires, and if the application is so made the licence shall be deemed to have been renewed until such date when the renewal licence is issued.
(3) The fees chargeable for renewal of the licence shall be same as for the grant thereof:
Provided that if the application for renewal is not received within the time specified in sub-rule (2), a fee of twenty-five per cent in excess of the fee ordinarily payable for the licence shall be payable for such renewal:
Provided further that in case where the licensing officer is satisfied that the delay in submission of the application is due to unavoidable circumstances beyond the control of the contractor, he may reduce or remit as he deems fit, the payment of such excess fee.