Every person, before commencing business as a manufacturer or importer of tobacco products or as an export warehouse proprietor, and at such other time as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe, shall make application for the permit provided for in section 5713. The application shall be in such form as the Secretary shall prescribe and shall set forth, truthfully and accurately, the information called for on the form. Such application may be rejected and the permit denied if the Secretary, after notice and opportunity for hearing, find that -

(1)

the premises on which it is proposed to conduct the business are not adequate to protect the revenue;

(2)

the activity proposed to be carried out at such premises does not meet such minimum capacity or activity requirements as the Secretary may prescribe,[FN 1] or

So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon.

(3)

such person (including, in the case of a corporation, any officer, director, or principal stockholder and, in the case of a partnership, a partner) is, by reason of his business experience, financial standing, or trade connections, not likely to maintain operations in compliance with this chapter, or has failed to disclose any material information required or made any material false statement in the application therefor.