(1) No factory shall be erected or an extension to a factory is built except after obtaining a license therefor from the competent authority. (2) The competent authority may close any factory or extension thereof if the same is being run without a licence. (3) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall apply to every alteration in any existing factory, the extension thereof, conversion of any existing premises into a factory or the installation or addition of new machinery. (4) Any thing which affects a factory internally or externally or which results in the addition of a new activity of the power or the alteration of the sections of the factory shall be deemed to be an alteration. 79. Requirements of license (1) No license for erecting any factory or for carrying out any alteration therein shall be issued except after it is proved to the Commissioner that all the necessary requirements for erecting and running the factory have been satisfied. (2) The Minister shall specify, by an order to be published in the Gazette, the general requirements, which shall be satisfied in every factory. (3) The Commissioner shall specify the special requirements, which shall be satisfied in every factory. 80. Presentation of Applications for License An application for obtaining a license shall be presented to the competent authority in the form set out in Schedule No. (4) hereto and shall be accompanied by the site plans, drawing particulars of the machinery to be installed and the positions thereof, the raw materials to be used, the various building designs and all papers and documents required by the competent authority in according with the regulations and decisions made under the provisions of this or any other Act. 81. Inspection fees The applicant shall be notified with the receipt of his application and shall be required to pay the inspection fees prescribed by the regulations. 82. Approval of an application (1) The applicant shall be notified after inspection of the approval or rejection of his application. (2) In the case of approval of erecting a factory, the applicant shall be notified with the requirements necessary to be complied with the factory and the period for satisfying them. The applicant shall notify the competent authority with this acceptance and satisfying such requirements. The competent authority shall, on ensuring that the said requirements have been satisfied, issue the required license. (3) The license holder shall obtain the final approval of the existing buildings from the Commissioner on the buildings being completed. 83. Relinquishment of application On the expiry of one year from the date at which the period specified for satisfying the requirements, without the applicant notifying the competent authority with the same, the applicant shall be deemed to have relinquished his application. 84. Rejection of application and appeal (1) The decision of the competent authority refusing the issue of a license shall state the reasons therefor. (2) An appeal against the decision of refusal shall lie to the Minister within a period not exceeding fifteen days of the date of notification of the applicant therewith. 85. Particulars required from the licence holder 23