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( 1 ) The following licensing authority shall have power to grant licences under this Act, namely :- ( i ) in Brihan Mumbai and other areas for which a Commissioner of Police is appointed under section 7 of the Maharashtra Police Act (XXII of 1951), the Commissioner of Police; and ( ii ) in other areas, the Superintendent of Police of the respective district. ( 2 ) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section ( 1 ), the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette , appoint such other authorities as it may specify in the notification, to be the licensing authorities for the purposes of this Act.