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Licence for auctioneer.—(1) For obtaining licence for conducting fish auctioning in landing centre, harbour and market, a person shall submit such application as prescribed, before the Authorised Officer of that area. (2) An application under sub-section (1) shall be submitted with required details and remitting such fee as prescribed, along with the recommendation of the Fish Landing Centre Management Society or Harbour Management Society or Fish Market Management Society, as the case may be, constituted in the place where he intendsg to engage in auction or the Fisherman Development Welfare Co-operative Society existing in that area. (3) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the Authorised Officer shall, after conducting or causing to be conducted necessary enquiry and on the basis of such criteria as may be prescribed, either grant licence for conducting fish auctioning or reject the application, within thirty days from the date of receipt of application. 6 (4) For obtaining licence, the applicant shall remit security deposit of prescribed amount, in the manner prescribed. (5) The licence granted under sub-section (3) shall be in such form as prescribed and the name of the fish landing centre/harbour/market for which the licence is granted and the district in which it is situated shall be recorded in it. (6) In case an application submitted under sub-section (1) is rejected, said information shall be intimated to the applicant along with the reason for rejection, within thirty days from the date of receipt of the application. (7) The auctioneer shall have right to conduct auction only at the place recorded in the licence. (8) The licence granted under this section shall be valid for a period of three years, unless cancelled or suspended. (9) A licence obtained under sub-section (3) may be renewed, by complying the procedure to be followed for obtaining a new licence and by remitting such fee as may be prescribed, before its expiry.