(1) When an application is duly made under and in accordance with this Part of this Act to a licensing authority for a driving licence and there has been paid to such licensing authority by the applicant the excise duty for the time being required by law to be paid on the taking out of a driving licence, such licensing authority shall, unless it appears to them that the applicant is under the age of sixteen years or is disqualified by or under this Act for holding a driving licence or neither ordinarily resides nor carries on business in their functional area, grant to such applicant a driving licence.
(2) Every driving licence shall be in the prescribed form and shall contain a statement of the age of applicant as stated by him in hisapplication for such licence, the date on which such licence commences under this section, and such other matters as are required by this Act to be contained therein.
(3) A driving licence granted under this section by a licensing authority to a pers