Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Any person intending to carryon business of dealer under this Act, shall, before he commences such business, apply for registration to the prescribed authority in the prescribed manner. Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (I) any person already carrying on business of selling any notified article in a tourist area on the date such article is notified under clauses (f) of section 2 shall apply for registra- tion under this Act within five months from the aforesaid date, The prescribed authority, shall, unless registration is refused under section 5, direct that the name and particulars of the dealer be entered in the register main- tained for the purpose and shall issue a certificate of registration to the dealer in the prescribed form within the period of three months from the date of the receipt of the application. (I) (2)