In granting or refusing a license, the licensing officer shall take the following matters into consideration, namely :-
(a) Whether the applicant –
(i) is a minor; or
(ii) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by competent court; or
(iii) is an undischarged insolvent; or
(iv) has been convicted, at any time during the five years immediately preceding the date of application, of an offence which, in the opinion of the State Government, which involves moral turpitude; or
(v) has, on enquiry by a competent officer, been found to have been involved in activity which are injurious to social harmony or interests, or does not have any honourable means of livelihood, or that the interests of migrant workmen would not be safe in the hands of such person;
(b) Whether any order has been made in respect of the applicant under sub – section
(1) of section 10 and, if so, whether a period of three has elapsed from the data of that of that order;
(c) Whether the fees of the application has been deposited at the rate specified in rule 12; and
(d) Whether security, wherever necessary, has been deposited at the rates specified in sub – rule (1) of Rule 10.