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Ins. by s. 5, ibid. (w.e.f. 2-3-1983). 4 to be paid in respect of such appeals and the circumstances under which such fees may be refunded: (eea) the total quantity of explosives that a licensee can purchase in a given period of time; (eeb) the fees to be charged by the Chief Controller of Explosives or any officer authorised by him in this behalf, for services rendered in connection with the manufacture, transport, import or export of explosives;] (f) the exemption absolutely or subject to conditions of any explosives 1[or any person or class of persons] from the operation of the rules. 2* * * * * 3[5A. Persons already in business in respect of certain explosives to carry on such business without licence for a certain period.—Notwithstanding anything in section 5 or in the rules made thereunder where, immediately before the commencement of the Indian Explosives (Amendment) Act, 1978 (32 of 1978), any person was carrying on the business of manufacture, sale, transport, import or export of any explosive (for which no licence was required under this Act before its amendment by the Indian Explosives (Amendment) Act, 1978, then, such person shall be entitled to continue to carry on such business without licence in respect of such explosive— (a) for a period of three months from the date of such commencement; or (b) if before the expiry of the said period of three months, such person has made an application for grant of licence under this Act for such business in such explosive, until the final disposal of his application, whichever is later.]