Disposal of applications

(1) Where the Registrar is satisfied with the report or reports made under section 7, he shall make an Order allowing the application and shall register such premises in the register and shall register the applicant in the register as the proprietor thereof and enter such other particulars as he may think necessary. (2) The Registrar may direct any applicant for registration to furnish to him, within such period as may be specified in the direction, such information or documents as may be mentioned therein to enable him to dispose of the application. If the applicant fails to comply with such direction, the Registrar may refuse the application, and where the Registrar refuses the application he shall inform the applicant of his reasons accordingly. (3) Where the Registrar is not satisfied that the provisions of section 7 are complied with, he shall notify the applicant in writing of the grounds which prevent him from registering the premises as a hotel or tourist accommodation and state that unless the deficiencies mentioned in the notification are rectified within the time mentioned therein the application would be disallowed. (4) If, upon receipt of a notice under sub-section (3) the applicant rectifies the deficiencies and otherwise complies with the requirements to the satisfaction of the Registrar, the Registrar shall register the premises as a hotel or tourist accommodation and the applicant as the proprietor of that business. If the applicant fails to so rectify the deficiencies or otherwise comply with the requirements as prescribed therein, the application shall be disallowed, and the Registrar shall inform the applicant accordingly. 16 (5) Any person who advertises, or holds out, or uses for the purposes of business, any premises as a hotel or tourist accommodation when the Registrar has refused to issue a licence to the applicant, or when such premises are not in the of and Accommodation, commits an offence.