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(vi)
The Licensing Authority may issue a Duplicate Licence on payment of Rs.
100/- with the word “Duplicate” appearing prominently thereon in the
event of loss or damage, on the production of an affidavit to the Designated
Officer that the license has already been destroyed/lost/misplaced.
(vii)
The Licence may be suspended or cancelled by the Licensing Authority, if in
his/her opinion any of the conditions of the licence is not being fulfilled or
the licensee has committed a breach thereof, subject to the condition that
licensee has been given an opportunity to explain his view point.
(viii)
The licensee is required to get his/her licence renewed within a period of
thirty days from the date of expiry of the licence failing which the licence
issued under the Regulation shall expire on the day specified in the licence
unless cancelled or suspended earlier by the Licensing Authority.
Provided that the licensing Authority may renew the licence after a
period of thirty days in case the licensee furnishes proof that the
circumstances were beyond his/her control to get the licence renewed
within the requisite period of thirty days along with an affidavit duly sworn
and attested after depositing the late fees which may be prescribed from
time to time.
(ix)
If the Designated Officer has reasonable ground for believing that any food
business operator has failed to comply with any licensing regulations, he
may, by a notice served on that food business operator (in this Act referred
to as an “improvement notice”)-to
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
state the grounds for believing that the food business operator has
failed to comply with the regulations;
specify the matter which constitute the food business operator’s
failure so to comply;
specify the measures which, in the opinion of the said Authority, the
food business operator must take, in order to secure compliance; and
require the food business operator to take those measures, or
measures which are at least equivalent to them, within a reasonable
period (not being less than fourteen days) as may be specified in the
notice.
(x)
If the food business operator fails to comply with an improvement notice,
his licence may be suspended.
(xi)
If the food business operator still fails to comply with the improvement
notice, the Designated Officer may, after giving the licensee an opportunity
to show cause, cancel the licence granted to him:
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