LawgistAll Acts
Stage-Carriages Act
An Act for licensing and regulating Stage-Carriages.
| Act Id | 186116 |
| Act Number | 16 |
| Enactment Date | 1861-07-07 |
| Act Year | 1861 |
| Ministry | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
| Enforcement Date | 07-07-1861 |
- All sections
- 1 Definition of stage-carriage
- 2 Carriages to be licensed
- 3 Power to refuse license
- 4 Charge for and duration of license
- 5 Particulars to be painted on conspicuous part of carriage
- 6 Penalty for letting carriage without having particulars painted
- 7 Penalty for letting for hire unlicensed carriage
- 8 Penalty for allowing carriage to be drawn by fewer animals or more passengers, etc., to be carried than provided by license
- 9 Penalty for ill-treating animals
- 10 Revocation of license
- 11 Penalty for not conforming to provisions of section 5
- 12 Penalty for misconduct on part of drivers
- 13 Penalty when recoverable from proprietor
- 14 Issue of summons
- 15 Adjudication of penalties
- 16 Recovery of penalties, etc
- 17 Offender may be apprehended and detained in custody until return of warrant of distress
- 18 Imprisonment of offender if distress not sufficient
- 19 [Repealed.]
- 20 Jurisdiction
- 20A Power to make rules
- 21 Interpretation-clause
- 22 Extent of Act
- 23 Power to State Government to exempt
