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KARAOKE ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE 8. Renewal of permit or licence

(1) Subject to this section, the licensing authority may renew a permit or a licence.

(2) A grantee or a licensee may, not less than 90 days before the expiration of his permit or his licence, apply to the licensing authority for his permit or his licence to be renewed.

(3) This section does not apply to a grantee or a licensee whose permit or licence is revoked.

(4) An application by a grantee or a licensee for the renewal of a permit or a licence shall be made to the licensing authority in such form and manner as he may require.

(5) The renewal of a permit or a licence under this section shall not take effect except on payment of the prescribed fee and the licensing authority may in respect of the renewed permit or licence impose any condition in addition to or instead of any condition previously imposed by him under section 5(2) or 6(4), as the case may be.

(6) A renewal of a permit or a licence under this section before the expiration of the permit or the licence shall take effect on the day following the day of its expiration.

(7) Any permit or licence in respect of which an application for renewal is made under this section and which expires prior to the determination of such application shall, unless such application is withdrawn, or the permit or the licence is revoked or suspended under section 10, remain in force until the determination by the licensing authority of such application.

(8) A renewal of a permit or a licence under this section shall have effect from the day following the day upon which the permit or the licence being renewed would have expired but for subsection (7), for a period of 24 months or such lesser period as may be indicated by the licensing authority at the time of renewal.

9. Provisional permits and provisional licences

(1) Where an application is made to the licensing authority under section 5(1) for the grant of a permit or the issue of a licence, as the case may be, in respect of a karaoke establishment, the licensing authority may on application grant a provisional permit or issue a provisional licence.

(2) A provisional permit or a provisional licence shall authorize the grantee or the licensee to operate a karaoke establishment until—
 * (a) the expiration of a period of 6 months or of such lesser period as may be indicated in the provisional permit or the provisional licence;