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In forceACT NO. XVI OF 1861 · 7th July, 1861

The Stage-Carriages Act, 1861

স্টেজ-গাড়ি আইন, 1861

♣An Act for licensing and regulating Stage-Carriages

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Contents

  1. PreamblePreamble
  2. Section 1Definition of stage-carriage
  3. Section 2Carriages to be licensed
  4. Section 3Power to refuse license
  5. Section 4Charge for and duration of license
  6. Section 5Particulars to be painted on conspicuous part of carriage
  7. Section 6Penalty for letting carriage without having particulars painted
  8. Section 7Penalty for letting for hire unlicensed carriage
  9. Section 8Penalty for allowing carriage to be drawn by fewer animals or more passengers, etc., to be carried than provided by license
  10. Section 9Penalty for ill-treating animals
  11. Section 10Revocation of license
  12. Section 11Penalty for not conforming to provisions of section 5
  13. Section 12Penalty for misconduct on part of drivers
  14. Section 13Penalty when recoverable from proprietor 14. Issue of summons
  15. Section 14Issue of summons
  16. Section 15Adjudication of penalties
  17. Section 16Recovery of penalties, etc.
  18. Section 17Offender may be apprehended and detained in custody until return of warrant of distress
  19. Section 18Imprisonment of offender if distress not sufficient
  20. Section 19[Omitted]Repealed
  21. Section 20Jurisdiction
  22. Section 20APower to make rules
  23. Section 21Interpretation-clause “Magistrate”
  24. Section 22Extent of Act
  25. Section 23Power to Government to exempt