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Hackney Carriage Act, 1879 Preamble 1

Title: Hackney Carriage Act, 1879

State: Central

Year: 1879

THE HACKNEY-CARRIAGE ACT, 1879 [Act, No.14 of 1879] [AS ON 1958] [5th September, 1879] PREAMBLE An Act for the regulation and control of hackney-carriages in certain Municipalities and Cantonments. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the regulation and control of hackney-carriages in certain municipalities and cantonments; It is hereby enacted as follows:

Hackney Carriage Act, 1879 Complete Act

Title: Hackney Carriage Act, 1879

State: Central

Year: 1879

Preamble1 - HACKNEY CARRIAGE ACT, 1879 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Interpretation clause Section3 - Application of Act to municipalities Section4 - Power to make rules for cantonments [Repealed] Section5 - Power to extend operation of rules beyond limits of municipality or cantonment Section6 - What rules under section 3 may provide for Section7 - Penalty for breach of rules Section8 - Disposal of fees and payment of expenses Section9 - Power of Magistrate to decide disputes regarding fares Section10 - In case of dispute, hirer may require driver to take him to Court

Calcutta Hackney Carriage Act, 1919 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1919

.....or done hereunder. (3) All proceeding now pending, which may have been commenced under the said Act, shall be deemed to be commenced under this Act. Section 4 Definitions In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context, (1) "bearer" when used with reference to rickshaws includes any person employed to draw or push a rickshaw 77. Words ins. by W.B. Act 36 of 1948. [or, where the rickshaw is a cycle-rickshaw, any person employed to actuate the cycle-rickshaw]; (2) "Calcutta" means 88. Words, figures and brackets ins. by W.B. Act 36 of 1948. [subject to the provisions of the proviso to subsection (3) of section 1 and] subject to the exclusion or inclusion of any local area by notification under clause (b) of section 2, the area described in Schedule I to the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1899; (3) "the Commissioner of Police" means the officer appointed under section 4 of the Calcutta Police Act, 1866; (4) "hackney-carriage" means any wheeled vehicle, drawn by horses and used for the conveyance of passengers, which is kept, offered or plies for hire by the hour or day or according to distance; (5) "horse" includes male and pony; (6) "notification.....

The Tamil Nadu Hackney Carriage Act Complete Act

State: Tamil Nadu

Year: 1911

THE TAMIL NADU HACKNEY CARRIAGE ACT THE TAMIL NADU HACKNEY CARRIAGE ACT (ACT V of 1911). CHAPTER I. Preliminary 1. Title. " (1) This Act may be called T.N. (Substituted by Tamil Nadu A.O. 1969) [TAMIL NADU] HACKNEY CARRIAGE ACCT, 1911. (Substituted Madras Stage Carriages and Hackney Carriage (Amendment) Act, 1924 (Madras Act III of 1924)) (2) It extends to the town of Madras. (3) Local extent " (i) The ( Substituted by the Adaptation Order of 1950) (State Government) may, by notification extend to such other parts of the Presidency of Madras as it may think fit all or any of the provisions of this Act from a date to be specified in the notification, which shall not be less than three months from the date of the notification; Provided that no such notification shall be issued unless notice of the proposed extension inviting objections thereto shall have been published not less than two months previously. (ii) The ( Substituted Madras Stage Carriages and Hackney Carriage (Amendment) Act, 1924 (Madras Act III of 1924)) [State Government) may, by notification, cancel or modify any such notification as is referred to in clause (i).] 2. Repeal." The.....

Hackney Carriage Act, 1879 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1879

.....3[Punjab as it existed immediately before the 1st November, 1956], the Central Provinces,4Assam, Ajmer or Coorg.] Power of committees to make rules- When this Act has been so applied to any municipality, the committee of such municipality may, from time to time, make rules for the regulation and control of hackney-carriages within the limits of such municipality, in the manner in which, under the law for the time being in force, it makes rules or bye-laws for the regulation and control of other matters within such limits. Confirmation and publication of rules. Every rule made under this section shall, when confirmed by the 5[Commissioner] and published for such time and in such manner as the 5[Commissioner] may, from time to time, prescribe, have the force of law; Power of Commissioner to rescind rules. - Provided that the [Commissioner] may, at any time, rescind any such rule. SECTION 04: POWER TO MAKE RULES FOR CANTONMENTS - [Repealed by the A.O., 1937.] SECTION 05: POWER TO EXTEND OPERATION OF RULES BEYOND LIMITS OF MUNICIPALITY OR CANTONMENT -The authority making any rules under this Act may 6[with the sanction of the Commissioner] extend their operation to any railway.....

Hackney Carriage Act, 1879 Section 6

Title: What Rules Under Section 3 May Provide for

State: Central

Year: 1879

.....carriage in such place as may be determined by the rules, and prohibit the destruction or defacement of such list; (m) require drivers to wear a numbered badge or ticket, and to produce their licenses when required by a Magistrate or other person authorized by the rules in this behalf, and prohibit the transfer or lending of such licenses and badges; and (n) provide for the deposit of property found in such carriages, and the payment of a fee by the owner of such property on the delivery thereof to him. 2(2) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the State Legislature.".] ______________________ 1. Substituted by The Delegated Legislation Provisions (Amendment) Act, 2004 2. Inserted by The Delegated Legislation Provisions (Amendment) Act, 2004

Hackney Carriage Act, 1879 Section 9

Title: Power of Magistrate to Decide Disputes Regarding Fares

State: Central

Year: 1879

If any dispute arises between the hirer of any hackney-carriage and the owner or driver of such carriage as to the amount of the fare payable by such hirer under any rule made under this Act, such dispute shall, upon application made in that behalf by either of the disputing parties, be heard and determined by any Magistrate or Bench of Magistrates within the local limits of whose jurisdiction such dispute has arisen; and such Magistrate or Bench may, besides determining the amount so in dispute, direct that either party shall pay to the other such sum as compensation for loss of time as such Magistrate or Bench thinks fit. Any sum determined to be due or directed to be paid under this section shall be recoverable as if it were a fine. {As to recovery of fines, see the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s.25.}. The decision of any Magistrate or Bench in any case under this section shall be final. When any such case is heard by a Bench, any difference of opinion arising between the members of such Bench shall be settled in the same manner as differences of opinion arising between such members in the trial of criminal cases.

Hackney Carriage Act, 1879 Section 1

Title: Short Title

State: Central

Year: 1879

This Act may be called the Hackney-carriage Act, 1879: {The words "and it shall come into force at once; but" rep.by Act 17 of 1914, s.3 and Sch.II.} Nothing herein contained shall affect any power conferred by any law relating to municipalities, or any rule made in exercise of any such power.

Hackney Carriage Act, 1879 Section 2

Title: Interpretation Clause

State: Central

Year: 1879

In this Act "hackney-carriage" means any wheeled vehicle drawn by animals and used for the conveyance of passengers which is kept, or offered, or plies, for hire; and "committee" means a municipal committee, or a body of municipal commissioners, constituted under the provisions of any enactment for the time being in force.

Hackney Carriage Act, 1879 Section 3

Title: Application of Act to Municipalities

State: Central

Year: 1879

.....1956], the Central Provinces, Assam, Ajmer or Coorg.] When this Act has been so applied to any municipality, the committee of such municipality may, from time to time, make rules for the regulation and control of hackney-carriages within the limits of such municipality, in the manner in which, under the law for the time being in force, it makes rules or bye-laws for the regulation and control of other matters within such limits. Every rule made under this section shall, when confirmed by the {Subs.by Act 4 of 1914, s.2 and Sch., Part I, for "L.G.".} [Commissioner] and published for such time and in such manner as the {Subs.by Act 4 of 1914, s.2 and Sch., Part I, for "L.G.".} [Commissioner] may, from time to time, prescribe, have the force of law: Provided that the {Subs.by Act 4 of 1914, s.2 and Sch., Part I, for "L.G.".} [Commissioner] may, at any time, rescind any such rule.