(1) The power of granting a license under section 9 shall be exercised in respect of Calcutta by the Director and in respect of any other local area, by the Magistrate of the district within which the local area is comprised or any other Magistrate to whom such Magistrate may delegate the power.
(2) The Director may, subject to the approval of the State Government, delegate his power under sub-section (1) to any officer subordinate to him.
(3) (a) The fee for a license to let off rockets or to send up fire-balloons for any particular occasion shall be one rupee.
(b) The annual fee for a license to sell fire-works shall he ten rupees payable in advance.
11. A license granted under section 9 may be withdrawn or suspended by the authority who granted it, at his discretion :
Provided that a license to sell fire-works shall not be withdrawn or suspended except after thirty days' notice.
CHAPTER IT.
License for warehouse.
LICENSED WAREHOUSES.
12. No building or place shall be used as a warehouse unless the owner or occupier thereof shall have previously obtained under this Act, a license for such use from the Collector.
The W est Bengal Fire Services Act, 1950. 5 Ben. Act of 1893.
XVIII of 1950.]
(Chapter IV.—Licensed til%arehouses.—Sections 13-15 . )
13. No license to use any building or place as a warehouse shall be granted unless such building or place conforms to such conditions as may be prescribed.
14. The owner or occupier of any building or place which was being used as a warehouse immediately before the date on which this Act comes into force in the local area within which such building or place is situated shall, upon application to the Collector, made in writing within one month from such date, be entitled to obtain a license to use such building or place as a warehouse under this Act, subject to the payment of the annual fee referred to in section 18:
Provided that if the owner or occupier of such building or place already holds a license for use thereof as a warehouse under the Licensed Warehouse and Fire-Brigade Act, 1893, he shall be entitled to deduct the proportionate amount already paid by him for the unexpired period of that license from such annual fee :
Provided further that if such building or place does not conform to the conditions prescribed under section 13, the owner or occupier shall within three months of obtaining the license for use thereof as a warehouse under this Act, effect necessary changes to conform to such conditions and in the event of his failure to do so, the license shall be liable to be cancelled by the Collector.