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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 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 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.

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.....

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Section 71

Title: Procedure of Regional Transport Authority in Considering Application for Stage Carriage Permit

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....Authority shall in considering an application have regard to the following matters, namely:- (i) financial stability of the applicant; (ii) satisfactory performance as a stage carriage operator including payment of tax if the applicant is or has been an operator of stage carriage service; and (iii) such other matters as may be prescribed by the State Government: Provided that, other conditions being equal, preference shall be given to applications for permits from- (i) State transport undertakings; (ii) co-operative societies registered or deemed to have been registered under any enactment for the time being in force; 2 [***] (iii) ex-servicemen; 3 [or] 3 [(iv) any other class or category of persons, as the State Government may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, consider necessary.] 4 [***] Explanation. -For the purposes of this section "company" means any body corporate, and includes a firm or other association of individuals; and "director", in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm. ______________________ 1. Proviso omitted by Act 54 of 1994, section 23 (w.e.f. 14-11-1994). 2. Word "or" omitted by Act 54 of 1994, Section 23 (w.e.f......

Bombay Motor Vehicles [Taxation of Passengers] Act, 1958, (Maharashtra) Section 3

Title: Levy of Tax on Passengers Carried by Stage Carriages

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1958

.....changes cannot be made under the present scheme of the Act, without an amendment on such occasion to the Act itself, it has decided to amend sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Act, so as to lay down a ceiling of the rate of passenger tax at the existing level of 20 per cent of the inclusive fares, and simultaneously to take power to fix, by order in the Official Gazette, the rate of tax actually leviable from time to time.- M.G.G., Pt. IV, 24.12.75, p. 509.- [Mah. 65 of 1975.] Tax levied is on passenger and not on income of operators. Distinction made between rates in urban and rural areas is also based on reasonable classification. Akhil Bhartiya Grahak Panchayat (Bombay Branch) v. State of Maharashtra and others, AIR 1985 Bom. 14. Transport vehicle carrying employees of Company not a public vehicle – If a nominal charge is realised from the employees of the Company that would not make the transport a public vehicle as to attract the provision of section 3. It cannot by any process of reasoning or stretch of imagination be deemed to include employees of a Private Company who are given facilities not as members of the public, but as holding a special status,.....

Bombay Motor Vehicles [Taxation of Passengers] Act, 1958, (Maharashtra) Section 3A

Title: Levy of Further Tax on Passengers Carried by Stage Carriages

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1958

.....execution of the said programmes has been progressively increasing the rate of this surcharge has not been increased so far. It is therefore, decided to increase that rate to meet the ever increasing expenditure on the said programmes.- M.G.G., Pt. V, 1993, p. 142. ________________________ 1. Section 3A was inserted by Mah. 2 of 1975, section 2. 2. These words, brackets and figures were substituted for the words, brackets and figures “Bombay Motor Vehicles (Taxation of Passengers) (Amendment) Act, 1977” by Mah. 5 of 1993, section 2(d). 3. These words were substituted by Mah. 5 of 1993, section 2(2). 4. Clause (b) was deleted by Mah. 15 of 1975, section 4. 5. The words “or other omnibus and “or passengers carried In a private service vehicle” were deleted by Mah. 9 of 1989, section 10.

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Chapter 3

Title: Licensing of Conductors of Stage Carriages

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....to hold such a licence and where the authority revoking a conductor's licence is not the authority which issued the same, it shall intimate the fact of such revocation to the authority which issued that licence: Provided that before revoking any licence, the licensing authority shall give the person holding such licence a reasonable opportunity of being heard. Section 33 - Orders refusing etc., conductor's licences and appeals therefrom (1) Where a licensing authority refuses to issue or renew, or revokes any conductor's licence, it shall do so by an order communicated to the applicant or the holder, as the case may be, giving the reasons in writing for such refusal or revocation. (2) Any person aggrieved by an order made under sub-section (1) may, within thirty days of the service on him of the order, appeal to the prescribed authority which shall decide the appeal after giving such person and the authority which made the order an opportunity of being heard and the decision of the appellate authority shall be binding on the authority which made the order. Section 34 - Power of licensing authority to disqualify (1) If any licensing authority is of opinion that it.....

Stage-carriages Act, 1861 Section 11

Title: Penalty for Not Conforming to Provisions of Section 5

State: Central

Year: 1861

.....thereto, if the full particulars of the license of such stage-carriage be not distinctly painted on such stage-carriage in the manner provided in section 5 of this Act. Such carriage with the horse harnessed thereto shall be taken without delay by such police officer before such Magistrate, who shall forthwith proceed to hear and determine the complaint of such police officer; and, if thereupon any fine is imposed by such Magistrate and such fine is paid, such stage-carriage and horse shall be immediately released; and if such fine be not paid, such stage-carriage and horse may be detained for twenty days as security for the payment thereof; and if the fine be not sooner paid, they may be sold and the proceeds applied (so far as they extend) to the payment of the said fine, and all costs and charges incurred on account of the detention and sale; and the surplus (if any), when claimed, shall be paid to the proprietor of such carriage and horse; and if such surplus be not claimed within a further period of two months from such sale, the same shall be forfeited to the Suite. If the proceeds of such sale do not fully pay the fine and costs and charges aforesaid, the balance.....