Section 8
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) Duty of person registered under this Act to inform Competent - Authority of cessation of business
Where any person registered under this Act ceases to carry on the business of a Private Security Agency, he shall forthwith notify the Competent Authority of such cessation.
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),
On receipt of notice of cessation under subsection (1), the Competent Authority shall remove the name of such person from the register maintained by him under section 6 and shall cancel the licence issued to such person authorizing him (9
carry on the business of a Private Security Agency.
Where the Competent Authority has reason to believe that any person registered under this Act is not carrying on business, of a Private Security Agency, the Competent
Authority may send to such person a notice by registered post, requiring such person to furnish proof within three wecks from the date of such notice that he has not ceased to carry on business of a Private Security Agency. Where a person to whom a notice has been sent under this section fails to submit the proof required by the notice within such period specified in the notice, the Competent Authority shall remove the name of such person from the register maintained by him under section 6, and shall cancel the licence issued to such person authorizing him to carry on business of a Private Security
Agency.
~ (4) The Competent Authority shall inform in writing, the person whose name is removed from the register, of the fact of such removal and cancellation of the licence, in terms of subsection (3).