Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Any person desiring to export cows shall apply for a permit j to such officer, as the Government may, by . i Permit for export. ' notification, appoint in this behalf, stating the j reasons for which they are to be exported as ki\ ' also the number of cows and the name of the State to which they arc proposed to be exported and shall also file a declaration . : • - - - 'to-the^eftect^thatVthe" cows-'for which the permit 'for export is'• '• \ J required shall not be slaughtered. " ' ' - (2) The officer appointed under sub-section (/) shall, after satisfying 1 ••' himself about the genuineness or otherwise of the request of the ' applicant either grant or refuse to grant him a permit for the export ot cows specified in the application : Provided that an application for the grant of a permit shall not be refused unless the applicant has been afforded an opportunity of being heard and the reasons for the refusal are "recorded. . (3) The fee for issuing permits shall be such as may be prescribed. A.