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The authority empowered to issue the dependency certificate shall issue the same within a period of fifteen days and, in no case, this period shall be extended: Provided that the SLSA/DLSA, in case of non-issuance of Dependency Certificate, after expiry of 15 days, may proceed on the basis of an affidavit to be obtained from the claimant.