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Notwithstanding anything in section 5 or in the rules made
thereunder where, immediately before the commencement of the Indian Explosives (Amendment)
Act, 1978 (32 of 1978), any person was carrying on the business of manufacture, sale, transport,
import or export of any explosive (for which no licence was required under this Act before its
amendment by the Indian Explosives (Amendment) Act, 1978, then, such person shall be entitled
to continue to carry on such business without licence in respect of such explosive
(a) for a period of three months from the date of such commencement; or
(b) if before the expiry of the said period of three months, such person has made an application
for grant of licence under this Act for such business in such explosive, until the final disposal of his
application,
whichever is later.
1. Ins. by s. 6, ibid. (w.e.f. 2-3-1983).