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(3) The licensing court shall not grant a licence to a person who is a disqualified person.
(4) The licensing court shall, in considering an application to which subsection (2)(a) or (6) applies, hear any evidence given by the applicant or any witnesses called on his behalf and any evidence adduced by or on behalf of the Registrar or the Commissioner of Police or any other person who appears at the hearing under subsection (2)(b),
(5) Subject to subsection (93), the licensing court shall not grant a licence upon an application to which subsection (2)(2) or (b) applics unless the court is satisfied-
(a) that the applicant, or in the case of a firm every partner thereof, is a fit and proper person to carry on business as a money Lender,
(6) in the case of a body corporate, that any person who controls such body corporate or in accordance with whose directions or fastructions the directors thereof are accustomed to act is a fit and proper person to be associated with the business of money- fending;
(e) that as respects the carrying on of business as a money lender. any person responsible or proposed to be responsible for the management of the business or any part thereof, or in the case of a body corporate any director of secretary or other officer thereof, is a fit and proper person to be associated with the business of money-lending;
(d) that the name under which the applicant applies to be licensed
is not misleading or otherwise undesirable;
(c) that as respects any of the premises to which the application relates, such premises and the situation thereof are suitable for the carrying on of the business of money-leading;
( that the applicant has complied with the provisions of this Part
and any regulations relating to the application; and
(p) that in all the circumstances the grant of such licence is not
contrary to the public interest
(6) A licence granted under this section shall be subject to Bach conditions as the licensing court may impose.
(7) A licence granted under this section shall not be issued and shall not enter into force except on payment to the licensing court of the prescribed fee.
12. Every licence shall authorize the person named therein to carry on business we a money lender at any premises specified therein for a period of 12 months from the date on which it is granted.
13. (1) A licensee may apply for the renewal of bis licence within a period of 3 months prior to the expiration thereof.
(2) This section does not apply to a licenses whose licence is revoked. (3) An application for renewal made under this section shall be mado in the prescribed manner and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(4) Sections 8, 9, 10 and 11 shall apply to an application for renewal made under this section as they apply to an application made under section 8.
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(5) Any licence in respect of which an application for renewal is made under this section and which expires prior to the determination of such application shall, unless such application is withdrawn, or the licence is revoked or suspended under section 14, be deemed to continue in force until the determination of such application.
14. (1) On the application of the Registrar or the Commissioner of Revocnon ANU Police, a licensing court may make an order revoking or suspending any suspension. licence granted by the licensing court if, in the opinion of the licensing court-
(a) the licensee has ceased to be a fit and proper person to carry
on business as a money lender; or
(b) the premises specified in the licence or any of such premises have. or the situation thereof has, ceased to be suitable for the carrying on of the business of money-lending; or
(c) the licensee has been in serious breach of any condition of the licence or has ceased to satisfy any other condition relating to his business as a money lender in respect of which the licensing court is required to be satisfied under section 11(5); or
(d) the business of the licensee has been carried on at any time or on any occasion since the date on which the licence was granted by recourse to the use of any methods, or in any manner, contrary to the public interest.
(2) The licensing court shall fix a date for the hearing of an applica tion under this section, and shall give 14 clear days notice of such date to the Registrar and the Commissioner of Police and the licensee: such notice shall call on the licensee to show cause as to why such application ought not to be granted and an order for the revocation or suspension of his licence ought not to be made.
(3) In this section "licence" includes a licence dermed to continue in force under section 13(5)
15. (D) Except as provided in this section, a licence shall not be Truuter of transferable.
(2) Where a licensed money lender dies, the widow or widower or any member of the family of the deceased money lender of the age of 21 years or upwards, or any person on behalf of the family, may apply to the licensing court which granted the licence to have his or her name endorsed on the licence.
(3) Where a licensee intends to carry on business as a moncy leader at any premises in addition to the premises specified in his licence, he may apply to the licensing court which granted the licence to have such additional premises endorsed on his licente,
(4) Where a licensed money lender intends to transfer his business as a money lender from any premises specified in his licence to any premises not so specißed, he may apply to the licensing court which granted the licence to have the premises to which he intends to transfer such business endorsed on his licence in substitution for such first-mentioned premises.
(5) Every application under this section shall be made in the prescribed manner and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee and notice of the application shall be given to the Registrar and the Commit- sioner of Police.
(6) The Registrar and the Commissioner of Police shall be entitled to appear and be heard at the hearing of any application under this section and to object to the granting of any such application.
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