Section 4 — Licensing Authority

Maharashtra Prohibition of Obscene Dance in Hotels, Restaurants and Bar Rooms and Protection of Dignity of Women (working therein) Act, 2016 · Free to read

(1) The following licensing authority shall have power to grant licences under this Act, namely :-

(i) in Brihan Mumbai and other areas for which a Commissioner of Police is appointed under section 7 of the Maharashtra Police Act (XXII of 1951), the Commissioner of Police; and

(ii) in other areas, the Superintendent of Police of the respective district.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette , appoint such other authorities as it may specify in the notification, to be the licensing authorities for the purposes of this Act.