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Notwithstanding anything containeq j gd;;:;rmso lafi Punjab Excise Act, 1914, and the rules mgfi'e'»mth;?: binding on Col- under with regard to the powers and functions of the Tectors. Collector under the said Act a resolution passed under section 4 or passed and confirmed under section 5 shall be binding upon the Collector of the District in which the local area concerned is situated : Provided that if the Collector is of opinion for reasons to be recorded in writing that within such local area illicit distillation or smuggling of alcohol has been carried on or connived at, within the two years preceding the date of the passing of such resolu- tion, by any of the residents of such local area, such resolution shall not be binding upon him, unless the Commissioner orders that jt shall be so binding. CHAPTER III. PowrRrs 10 MAKE RULES. Powers of the '7. The *[Central Government] may make rules Sfei?d Goresp- regulating the procedure for holding a referendum under i section 5. 1 s Power of local g An empowered local body may make ™ ies. prescrlbed-— in which licen- (e) the portions of its lo?al area sed shops may be situated ; 777-F70r' ‘1‘1:))135', oo nofification No. 17133, dated 5th July, zette, 1924, Part 1, page 552, N the o gSlfbstitu!edafor the words “State Government bsytute and Reorganisation (Chandigzarh) (Adaptation of Laws on current Subjects) Order, 1968, ~ "B'Z:’;;uuiflb b Pu(l;i)n- | 1923 : Ph. Act V.] LOCAL OPTION 689 (b) the hours during which liquor may be sold at such shops ; (c) the minimum age, which shall not exceed 18 years, of the persons who may be served with liquor at such shops. CHAPTER IV. FOREIGN LIQUOR.