Stage-Carriages Act, 1861

The Stage-Carriages Act, 1861

मंजिली गाड़ी अधिनियम,1861

Act ID:	186116
Act Number:	16
Enactment Date:	1861-07-07
Act Year:	1861
Short Title:	The Stage-Carriages Act, 1861
Hindi Title:	मंजिली गाड़ी अधिनियम,1861
Long Title:	An Act for licensing and regulating Stage-Carriages.
Ministry:	Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Enforcement Date:	07-07-1861
Last Updated:	25-03-2019

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 [Repealed.].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