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Section 21
The Jammu and Kashmir Registration of Tourist Trade Act, 1978Jammu and Kashmir

Section 21. Removal of the name from the Register

(1) The prescribed authority may, by an order in writing, remove the name of a 1[travel agent, excursion agent or guide] from the register and cancel his certificate of registration on any of the following grounds, namely :—

(a) if he ceased to act as a 1[travel agent, excursion agent or guide] in a tourist area ;

(b) if he is convicted of any offence under 2[Chapters XIII and XVII of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860)] or under any of the provisions of this Act or of any offence punishable under any law providing for the prevention of hoarding, smuggling or profiteering or adulteration of food or drugs or corruption ;

(c) if he is declared an insolvent by a Court of competent jurisdiction and has not been discharged ;

(d) if any complaint of malpractice is received and proved against him ;

(e) if he is black-listed by the prescribed authority.

(2) Any 1[travel agent, excursion agent or guide] whose name is removed from the register under sub-section (1) shall forthwith cease to be a travel agent.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.