Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
'[(I) Every application for a pawnbroker's licence Grant shall be in writing and shall be made to the licensing ,, authority prescribed ylder this Act.] licences. (2) The licence shall not be refused except on one or both of the following grounds, namely !- (a) that the applicant is of bad character. Explanation.- If any evidence of bad character is adduced against the applicant, he shall be given an opportunity of rebutting such evidence; and (b) that the shop or place at which he intends to carry on the business of a pawnbroker or any ad- jacent house or shop or place, owned or occupied by him, is frequented by thieves or persons of bad charac- ter: 2[Provided that the licence shall not be refused under this sub-section unless the applicant has had a reasonable opportunity of making his representa- tions.] 8[(3) In granting or refusing to grant a licence under this section, the licensing authority may consult such authority or officer as may be prescribed. I 1 This sub-section was substituted for the original sub-section (1) b section 3(a) of the Tamil Nadu Pawnbrokers (Amendment) Act, 1861 (Tad Nadu Act 31 of 1961). - a Thls proviso was added by section .3 (b) Ibld. a Thwe SUWOIU ww 8~bstit~tqd for tba ~dglaal ntbsccti- (3) by section 3(e), ibid. Pmdrokers [1943: T.N. Act XXIll (3-A) Any person aggrieved by an order of the licensing authority ref- to grant a licence under this section may, within such time as may be prescribed, appeal to such authority as the State Government may specify in this behalf and such authority may make such order in the cue as it may think fit.] (4) Every licence shall be granted in such form and Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed and on payment of such fee not exceeding l[onc hundred rupees] as the 2[State] Government may from time to time, by notification in the Fort St. George Gazertp, determine. Pawnbrokers