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| (1) No person shall carry on an industry specified in the Second Schedule being an industry specified in the First Schedule except under the authority of and otherwise than in accordance with the conditions of a licence issued in that behalf by the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister. |
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| (2) The manner of application for a licence under sub section (1), and appeals against refusal to issue such licence, shall be as prescribed. |
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| (3) Every licence issued under this section shall be subject to the terms and conditions set out in the Third Schedule to this Act. |
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| (4) Where a person carries on an industry referred to in subsection (1) without a licence issued in that behalf under that subsection, the Registrar shall make an application to the Court of Appeal for an Order prohibiting such person from carrying on such industry. |
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| (5) A certificate under the hand of the Registrar to the effect that the industry specified in such certificate as an industry for the carrying on for which a licence is required under subsection (1) and that no licence has been issued in respect thereof under that subsection, shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings instituted under subsection (4) and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. |
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