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Stage-carriages Act, 1861 Complete Act

Title: Stage-carriages Act, 1861

State: Central

Year: 1861

.....- 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

Stage-carriages Act, 1861 Preamble 1

Title: Stage-carriages Act, 1861

State: Central

Year: 1861

THE STAGE-CARRIAGES ACT, 1861 [Act, No. 16 of 1861]1 [7th July, 1861] PREAMBLE An Act for licensing and regulating Stage-Carriages. Whereas it is expedient to license and to regulate stage-carriages in the Provinces: It is enacted as follows :- ______________________ 1. Short title was given by the Indian Short Titles Act, 1897 (14 of 1897).

Stage-carriages Act, 1861 Section 1

Title: Definition of Stage-carriage

State: Central

Year: 1861

Every carriage drawn by one or more horses which shall ordinarily be used for the purpose of conveying passengers for hire to or from any place in the States, shall, without regard to the form or construction of such carriage, be deemed- to be a stage-carriage within the meaning of this Act. 1[*****] ______________________ 1.Proviso to section 1 which read : "Provided that this Act shall not apply to carriages not ordinarily used for journeys of greater distance than twenty miles" was omitted by the State-Carriage Act (1861) Amendment Act. 1898 (1 of 1898), section 2. which read : "Provided that this Act shall not apply to carriages not ordinarily used for journeys of greater distance than twenty miles" was omitted by the State-Carriage Act (1861) Amendment Act. 1898 (1 of 1898), section 2.

Stage-carriages Act, 1861 Section 8

Title: Penalty for Allowing Carriage to Be Drawn by Fewer Animals or More Passengers, Etc. to Be,carried Than Provided by License

State: Central

Year: 1861

Any proprietor, or agent of a proprietor, or any driver of a licensed stage-carriage, who knowingly permits such carriage to be drawn by a less number of horses, or who knowingly permits a larger number of passengers, or a greater weight of luggage, to be carried by such stage-carriage than shall be provided by the license, shall be liable on a first conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees, and on any subsequent conviction, to a fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. In every case where such stage-carriage shall be proved to have been drawn by a less number of horses, or to have carried a larger number of passengers or a greater weight of luggage, than shall be provided by the license, the proprietor of such carriage shall be held to have knowingly permitted such offence, unless he shall prove that the offence was not committed with his connivance, and that he had taken every reasonable precaution and had made reasonable provision to prevent the commission of the offence.

Stage-carriages Act, 1861 Section 6

Title: Penalty for Letting Carriage Without Having Particulars Painted

State: Central

Year: 1861

The proprietor of any licensed stage-carriage who shall let such stage-carriage for hire without the particulars specified in section 3 being painted on such carriage in the manner directed in the last preceding section, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees.

Stage-carriages Act, 1861 Section 5

Title: Particulars to Be Painted on Conspicuous Part of Carriage

State: Central

Year: 1861

On any stage-carriage being licensed, the proprietor thereof shall cause the number of the license and all the other particulars of the license to be distinctly painted in the English language and character upon a conspicuous part of such stage-carriage.

Stage-carriages Act, 1861 Section 2

Title: Carriage to Be Licensed

State: Central

Year: 1861

No carriage shall be used as a stage-carriage unless licensed by a Magistrate or by the1[* * *] Commissioner of Police of a Presidency town. ______________________ 1. The word "Chief was omitted by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 ( 10 of 1914), section 3 and Schedule II.

Stage-carriages Act, 1861 Section 7

Title: Penalty for Letting for Hire Unlicensed Carriage

State: Central

Year: 1861

Whoever lets for hire any stage-carriage without the same being licensed as provided by this Act, shall be liable, on a first conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees, and on any subsequent conviction, to a fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.

The Stage Carriages Act, 1861 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1861

THE STAGE- CARRIAGES ACT, 1861 THE STAGE- CARRIAGES ACT, 1861 ACT NO. 16 OF 1861 [ 7the July, 1861.] An Act for licensing and regulating Stage- Carriages. Preamble.- WHEREAS it is expedient to licence and to regulate stage- carriages in the Provinces; It is enacted as follows:- 1. Definition of stage- carriage." Every carriage drawn by one or more 2[ horses which shall ordinarily be used for the purpose of conveying passengers for hire to or from any place in the Stats, shall, without regard to the form or construction of such carriage, be deemed to be a stage- carriage within the meaning of this Act. 2. Carriages to be licensed.- No carriage shall be used as a stage- carriage unless licensed by a 4[ Magistrate or by the 5[ Commissioner of Police of a Presidency- town. 3. Power to refuse license." The Magistrate or 5[ Commissioner of Police to whom the application for a license of a stage- carriage is made may refuse to license the same, if he shall be of opinion that such stage- carriage is unserviceable or is unsafe or unfit for public accommodation or use. 1. Short title given by the Indian Short Titles Act, 1897 (14 of 1897 ). This Act, as.....

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Section 72

Title: Grant of Stage Carriage Permit

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....if it decides to grant a stage carriage permit, may grant the permit for a stage carriage of a specified description and may, subject to any rule that may be made under this Act, attach to the permit any one or more of the following conditions, namely: (i) that the vehicles shall be used only in a specified area, or on a specified route or routes; (ii) that the operation of the stage carriage shall be commenced with effect from a specified date; (iii) the minimum and maximum number of daily trips to be provided in relation to any route or area generally or on specified days and occasions; (iv) that copies of the time-table of the stage carriage approved by the Regional Transport Authority shall be exhibited on the vehicles and at specified stands and halts on the route or within the area; (v) that the stage carriage shall be operated within such margins of deviation from the approved time-table as the Regional Transport Authority may from time to time specify; (vi) that within municipal limits and such other areas and places as may be prescribed, passengers or goods shall not be taken up or set down except at specified points; (vii) the maximum number of.....