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Provisions regarding licences under section 23.—(1) Every licence granted to a weigher, sampler or grader, under section 23, shall be valid for the prescribed period and may, on application and payment of the prescribed fee, be renewed from time to time for the prescribed period by the prescribed authority. (2) The prescribed authority may for reasons to be recorded in writing suspend or cancel any such licence. 9 (3) Before suspending or cancelling a licence under sub-section (2), the prescribed authority shall give notice to the licensee stating the grounds on which it is proposed to suspend or cancel his licence and give him a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against it. (4) After considering the explanations, if any, of the licensee, the prescribed authority may pass such orders as it deems just. (5) The holder of any such licence shall, on the expiry thereof or the receipt of an order suspending or cancelling it, return the licence to the prescribed authority. (6) Where a licence granted to a weigher, sampler or grader is lost, destroyed, torn, defaced or otherwise becomes illegible, the prescribed authority shall issue a duplicate licence on the application of the weigher, sampler or grader, as the case may be, and on payment of the prescribed fee.