5. issue of licences
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Where a person has been registered under the provisions of this Act, the Competent Authority shall issue, in the prescribed form and on payment of a-prescribed fee, a licence to such person authorising him to carry on the business of a Private Security Agency. Every such licence shall be valid for a period of two years.
A licence issued under this section shall be subject to such terms and conditions (including conditions relating to termination of employment, hours of work and other conditions of employment of personnel employed by a holder of licence) as may be prescribed.
Regulation of Private Security Agencies
No licence issued under this Act shall be transferable to any other person and accordingly, any such transfer shall be null and void. |
Every licence issued under this section shall at all .
times be exhibited in the principal office or place of business of the person authorized by such licence to carry on the -
business of a Private Security Agency.
business of a Private Security Agency
“business of a Private Security Agency ” means the business of providing for payment, services for the protection of persons including persons employed in the public sector, or of property (including | property owned by the State),