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The authority having power to grant licences under this Act, shall be- ( i ) in Greater Bombay, the Commissioner of Police, Greater Bombay ; ( ii ) in other areas for which a Commissioner of Police is appointed under section 7 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951(Bom. XXII of 1951), such Commissioner ; and ( iii ) elsewhere, the District Magistrate : Provided that the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette , constitute for the whole or any part of the 1 [State of Maharashtra] such other authority as it may specify in the notification to be licensing authority for the purposes of this Act.