(11 Save as otherwise in this Act,"on'and ,to be licensed. after thedate ofthe Commencement ofthisAct,no building, not being an existing public building, shill1 be used as a public building withbut' a licence and except ih. accordance with the5terms 2nd coiidiiions specified therein. . ;: !
(2) Save n s otherwise provided in this Act, 'on and aftei ihe date of the expiry of a period of one yew from the date of the comlnencement of this Act, n o existing public building shs ll be used as a public building without a licence and c wept in accordance with the terms and wnditions specified thereiu. . , @plication for 4. (1) Any owner, who intends to use any building (nor jjiwncc. being an existing public building) as a public building, shall make an application in writing to *the xm'rnpetent authority for a licence therefor.
(2) Any owner., who intends to continue to use an existing public bltilding as a public building, sfiall before the 'date of the expiry of a period of six months fro'&' the date + of the, communeement of this Act, make an. applicati-on in writing to the competent .authority fcr 'a licence therefor. . . . ..
(3) Every application under sub-section (1) 6r sub- . section (2) shall be in the prescribed form and s5aU .contain < the following particulars, namely. :-- , . . .'
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(i) the name and address of the owner of the building or the existing public building, as the case may 'be ; + .
(ii) the situation and descripiion of the building or the c xisting public building, as the case may be; . . . , f ' " ,..
(iii) the purpose for which the-building or the exist- ,ing public built ling, as the case may be, is proposed ,to'.
used or is being, used ; and s p a . (iv) such other particular s may be presc~bed,* .
. . * * i (4j An ipI;lidation under sub-section ' (1) or' . ikb.
.section (2) may be accompanied by a certificate of structural l r o u n d e ~ ~ in the prescribed form obtained from an engineer.
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Public Buildt.?g,~ (Licensi~t~g) ty may obtaill the as the Government may specify the structural soundness of the ng access to such building.
f the certificate of structural soundlication under sub-section (1) or , or on the basis of the opinion rer under sub-section (1) of section inspecticn made under sub-section section 5, if the competent authority is satirfiedby written order, grant the licence and if the cornauthority is not so satisfied, it shall, by written 'refuse to grant the licence.
=tion under sub-section (I) of section 4.
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When competent authority to grant licence.
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(b) In the case of an existing public building, the , competent authority shall.pass the order under sub-section
(1) and shall communicate in the manner presciilied ' ' such order to the applicant within 'a period of sik nionths ' .
from the date of the receipt of the application + ~ n b i . + sub-section (2) of section 4. 3 .
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(3) The licewe shall be in the prescribed form, 'shall be subject to such conditions as may be specified therein and shall also specify the building or the existing public building, as the case may be, the purpose for which . p it is to be used and the number of persons which- the .
building or the existing public building !:an accommodate without danger to their safety.
(4) A 1iaen:c gra:~ted undcr sub-section (1) shall be valid for u period of three vears or for such shorter period as the comp~tc11: authority may specify iu the licence and the period afore said shall commence-
(i) in casc the licence relates to a building, not being a n existing public building, on the date of the cornmuaication ot'the order granting the licerlcc, and,
(ii) in c:.ue the licencc relates to an existing public building, on the date of the expiry of a period of one year froill the dato or the commencement of this Act.
(5) Where the competent authority refuses to grant a licence under sub-section (I), it shall give reasons for such rafusal.
Licence 7. (1) If it] the case of a 9 ilding, not being an exist- a , (1 ee mtd t .> be granted ing public building, no order either granting or refusing or refused i n a licet~ce is comtnunicated to the applicant within a period certain cams. of three ,Aionths from the date of the receipt of the application under sitb-section (I) of sectioa 4, 'liceq~e : * shall--- . ...
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(a) h r thc period tlle~ltioaed ill the appiicai) in c u e such, nppficction is nclt acconly:$fiicd a cxrtificate of stru ctul a1 sountiness, be cfci.nle-j If in the case of an existing public building, no ther granting or refusing a licence is communthe applicant within a period of six m o ~ + h - r 3 t ram of f h ~ eceipt of the application under sub-sectiGn on 4, a liccnm shallsection (4) of section 4, be deemed to h ~ v e been granted subjec: to the a conditions ordinarily imposed under this . ,* - - 1 . - ." *;t or the rules made Tnereunaer- 7 (A) for a period of three years colnmencing on the date nf the exrrir~ of a period of one gear from the -- --- --- J.- 1~ rnmrnencement oT this Act, in any case where date of tL, -- --------- -- the period mentioned in the epplication and the peri ad mepiinned in such certificate of structural soundness i s . . U , , A " U I I -- --. -- - - 7 - taree years, and (B) in any other case-
(a) for the period mentioiled in the application, or
(b) for the period mentioned in such certificate of structural soundness, whichever period is less, and such less period shall in no case exceed three years and shall commence on the Ante of the exr irv of a ~ r i o d of oile vepr from the date of .
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(ii) in case such application is not accompa&d1 by such a certifirate of structural soundn-ss, be deemed tobavebeenrefused. ' r f c + , * , 1