LawgistThe Stage-Carriages Act
22Extent of Act
1[22. Extent of Act. --This Act, as amended by subsequent Acts, extends to the whole of India except 2[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States]; but it shall not apply to carriages ordinarily plying for hire within the limits of any municipality or cantonment or other place in which any law for the regulation of carriages is for the time being in force. ]
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1. Sections 22 and 23 added by Act 1 of 1898, s. 5. The section 22 regarding the commencement of this Act as originally passed had been rep. by Act 14 of 1870, s. 1 and the Schedule Part II.
2. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for Part B States.
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- 19 [Repealed.]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
