7. | (1) Every application for a licence under section 6 shall be made in the prescribed form to the Licensing Officer of the Administrative District in which the fishing operation is to be carried out and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee. |
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| (2) If there is no Licensing Officer appointed for the Administrative District in which the proposed fishing operation is to be carried out such application may be made to the Director. |
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| (3) On receipt of an application under subsection (1)or (2), the Licensing Officer or the Director as the case may be, shall either grant a licence or, for reasons to be recorded by hi m, refuse a licence |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts