(1) Application for grant of a licence under Section 4 and for its renewal under Section 6 shall be made to the prescribed authority in form No.1 and an application for issue of a duplicate licence under Section 11 shall be made in Form No.2. The application shall be signed by the applicants who shall furnish such additional information as may be required by the prescribed authority for the purpose of ascertaining whether the conditions specified in Section 5 are satisfied.
(2) The application for license for the first time shall be made at any time during the year and shall be accompanied by the fee specified in rule 4. The renewal of license shall be made every year at least one month prior to the commencement of the year for which it is required and shall be accompanied by the fee specified in rule 8.
(3) A person desiring to conduct the business of a warehouseman in more than one village or town. Shall submit separate applications for licenses in respect of his business in each such village or town. In case he has more than one place of business in the same village or town, he may apply for only one license in respect of all such places of business and specify which of them will be his principal place of business:
Provided that in the case of Warehouses run by the Corporation established under the Agricultural produce (Development and Warehousing) Corporation Act, 1956 or the Warehousing Corporation Act,1962, no separate license shall be necessary for godowns opened within a radius of four miles of a licensed warehouse center or within the municipal limits of the center.