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Amendment of section 3.- In section 3 of the Principal Act,- (i) in sub-section (2), for the words "for a license under section 4 of the Act within three months from the date of declaration of safer zone under section 6;” the words “with a declaration in the prescribed form that the existing area conforms to the condition stipulated in Section 6 or any other suitable area conforming to the conditions stipulated under section 6, within three months from the date of commencement of the Karnataka Regulation of Stone Crushers (Amendment) Act, 2013 for a license under section 4 of the Act” shall be substituted. (ii) for sub-section (3), the following shall be substituted, namely:- "(3) on receipt of the application along with declaration under sub-section (2), the existing stone crusher units may be allowed to function till the grant or refusal of Certificate of compliance of safer zone under sub-section (4) by the Authority or till three months from the date of application, whichever is earlier.” (iii) for sub-section (4), the following shall be substituted, namely:- 12 “(4) on receipt of application under sub-section (2) or for renewal of license, the Licensing Authority shall cause joint inspection of the location under sub-section (3) of section 6 and declaration of safer zone, the licensing authority shall issue a certificate of compliance of safer zone to the applicant. If the area specified in the declaration is not declared as safer zone the licensing authority shall reject the application for the reasons to be recorded in writing and inform the applicant accordingly. However, applicant is at liberty to make fresh application for alternate location. provided further that if the application is rejected, the applicant shall stop the operation of stone crusher forthwith and submit fresh application to the licensing authority. (5) If the Licensing Authority issues a certificate of compliance of safer zone, the applicant shall approach the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and obtain Consent for Operation (CFO) and submit the same to the Licensing Authority. (6) The Licensing Authority, after production of Consent for Operation (CFO) from the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board by the applicant, shall issue license subject to compliance of conditions specified in section 6A. (7) If the person having existing stone crusher gets any other place certified as safer zone by the Licensing Authority other than the presently working place, such crusher shall be shifted to such safer zone so certified within one year from the date of grant of certificate of compliance of safer zone under sub-section (4).”