(1) An annual licensing session for the hearing annual and of applications for certificates under this Act shall be held in each district in the month of December in each year on a day fixed by the magistrate and published in the Gazette.
(2) Where any person shall, at least 7 days before 1 March, 1 June or 1 September, make application in duplicate in the manner prescribed in Schedule 1, for a certificate, a quarterly licensing session shall be held in the month specified in such notice in the Gazette for the purpose of hearing the application.
(3) The Cabinet may authorise the holding of a special licensing session otherwise than as provided in the preceding subsections of this section at such times and on such conditions as to the payment of costs as to him or her may seem expedient.