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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Stage-carriages Act, 1861

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/51499

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Stage-carriages Act, 1861 is Central state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Act Text

Preamble1 - Stage-carriages Act, 1861
Section1 - Definition of Stage-carriage
Section2 - Carriage to Be Licensed
Section3 - Power to Refuse License
Section4 - Charge for and Duration of License
Section5 - Particulars to Be Painted on Conspicuous Part of Carriage
Section6 - Penalty for Letting Carriage Without Having Particulars Painted
Section7 - Penalty for Letting for Hire Unlicensed Carriage
Section8 - Penalty for Allowing Carriage to Be Drawn by Fewer Animals or More Passengers, Etc. to Be,carried Than Provided by License
Section9 - Penalty for Ill-treating Animals
Section10 - Revocation of License
Section11 - Penalty for Not Conforming to Provisions of Section 5
Section12 - Penalty for Misconduct on Part of Drivers
Section13 - Penalty when Recoverable from Proprietor
Section14 - Issue of Summons
Section15 - Adjudicating of Penalties
Section16 - Recovery of Penalties Etc
Section17 - Offender May Be Apprehended and Detained in Custody Until Return of Warrant of Distress
Section18 - Imprisonment of Offender if Distress Not Sufficient
Section19 - Recovery of Penalty and Costs from Europen British Subjects
Section20 - Jurisdiction
Section20A - Power to Make Rules
Section21 - Interpretation Clause. "magistrate"
Section22 - Extent of Act
Section23 - Power to State Government to Exempt

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