Lawgist1Definition of stage-carriage
Every carriage drawn by one or more 1 horses which shall ordinarily be used for the purpose of conveying passengers for hire to or from any place in 2[the States] shall, without regard to the form or construction of such carriage, be deemed to be a stagecarriage within the meaning of this Act.
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1. All expressions and provisions in this Act applied to horses, also apply to all other animals employed in drawing stagecarriages, see section 21, infra.
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "the Provinces" which had been subs. by the A.O. 1948, for "British India".
3. Proviso to s. 1 which read: "Provided that this Act shall not apply to carriages not ordinarily used for journey of a greater distance than twenty miles" rep. by Act 1 of 1898, s. 2.
- 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- 19 [Repealed.]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
