(1) If, on any application for a licence under this Act, the Director of Finance and Planning refuses the licence, the Director of Finance and Planning shall, if required by the applicant, certify in writing the grounds on which he or she refused the licence or annexed conditions to the grant thereof, and shall deliver the certificate to the applicant, who may thereupon, within 10 days from the time of the delivery thereof, transmit the same to the Governor General, together with a memorial praying that the licence may be granted despite such refusal.