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| (1) Except under the authority of a licence issued by the Commissioner, no person shall carry on the business of hulling or milling paddy: |
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| (2) Every application for a licence to carry on any such business as is specified in subsection (1) shall be in the prescribed form. Every person carrying on the business of hulling or milling paddy for the Department of Agrarian Services on the date of the coming into operation of this Act may apply to the Commissioner for a licence within one month after that date. |
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| (3) The Commissioner may, in his discretion, issue or refuse to issue a licence to an applicant therefor. |
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| (4) Where the Commissioner refuses to issue a licence to an applicant therefor, he shall cause notice of the refusal to be given to the applicant. |
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| (5) Every licence authorizing the carrying on of any such business as is specified in subsection (1) shall be in the prescribed form. |
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| (6) A licence issued under subsection (1) shall be subject to such conditions as may be specified in that licence. |
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| (7) The Commissioner may cancel a licence issued under subsection (1) if the licensee contravenes or fails to comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. |
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| (8) Where the Commissioner cancels a licence under subsection (7), he shall cause notice of the cancellation to be given to the licensee. |
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| (9) An applicant for a licence who is aggrieved by the decision of the Commissioner refusing to issue the licence, and a licensee who is aggrieved by the decision of the Commissioner canceling his licence may, within twenty-eight days after the date of such decision, appeal in writing from such decision to the Minister. |
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| (10) The Minister's decision on any appeal under subsection (9) shall be final and conclusive and shall not be called in question in any court. |
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| (11) Except under the authority of a permit issued by the Commissioner, no person shall-
| | (a) install or cause to be installed in any place, or | | |
| | (b) transfer or cause to be transferred from one location to another, | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts