State Act

The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act.

355. Grant of licences to surveyors and plumbers.— (1) The Commissioner may 10[subject to the regulations made in this behalf] grant to any person he thinks fit a licence to act as a surveyor or as a plumber for the purposes of this Act. Each such licence shall be for a renewable period of one year. (2) If any applicant for a licence to act as a surveyor is a licentiate of civil engineering or a person who has passed some test of professional qualification equivalent to that for a licentiate of civil engineering, his application shall not be refused by the Commissioner, except with the approval of the 11[Standing Committee] and upon the ground that the applicant is unfit, through in-competency, misconduct or other grave reason, to hold such licence. (3) If the Commissioner refuses any application for a licence under this section he shall, at the request of the applicant, furnish such applicant with his reasons, for such refusal in writing under his signature, without charge.