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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Stage-carriages Act, 1861 Section 20A

Power to Make Rules

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Stage-carriages Act, 1861 Section 20A is part of Stage-carriages Act, 1861 - Power to Make Rules. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1[20A. Power to make rules

(1) The2[State Government] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes and objects of this Act in the territories under its administration or any part of the said territories.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may-

(a) prescribe forms for licenses under this Act, the sums payable for the same and the conditions on which they may be granted, and the cases in which they may be revoked;

(b) provide for the inspection of stage-carriages, and of the animals employed in drawing them; and

(c) regulate the number and length of the stages for which animals may be driven in stage-carriages, a nd the manner in which they shall be harnessed and yoked.

(3) In making any rule under this section the2[State Government] may direct that a breach thereof shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees.]

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1. Inserted by the Stage-Carriages Act (1861) Amendment Act, 1898 (1 of 1898), S. 4.

2. Sub stituted for the words "Provincial Government" by A.L.O., 1950 .

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What does Stage-carriages Act, 1861 Section 20A provide?

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