7.2 Before-and-After Clinic (Style in Action)

Draft A (poor)Draft B (better)WhyIt shall be the duty of the authority to duly consider all such applications as may be received by it.The authority shall decide each application within thirty-five days.Active, time- bound, no paddingThe licencee may, if he so desires, apply for renewal, and the same shall be granted if everything is found satisfactory.The licencee may apply for renewal before expiry. The authority shall renew the licence if the conditions of section 7 are fulfilled.No "same", no vagueness; objective testNo person shall, without the prior approval in writing of the prescribed authority, cut, fell, or remove, or cause to be cut, felled, or removed, any tree.No person shall cut or remove a tree without the written approval of the prescribed authority.Six words gone; meaning intact