Under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, in case of delay in issuing a licence, the authority may…

Under the proviso to s.31(4) FSSA, if the licence is not issued within two months and the application is not rejected, the applicant may start business, and the Designated Officer "shall not refuse to issue licence but may, if he considers necessary, issue an improvement notice, under section 32". Since the applicant may lawfully start, the penalty for business without a licence under s.63 does not apply, and prohibition under s.30 or s.34 is not the route provided.