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Definition :

Fare, a voyage or passage by water; also the money paid for a passage either by land or by water.

Railway fares must be published at stations, by the (English) Regulation of Railways Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 119), s. 16. Travelling without prepayment and with intent to avoid payment is punishable by fine up to 40s., and on second or subsequent offence either by fine up to 20l. or in the discretion of the Court by imprisonment up to one month on summary conviction, by the Regulation of Railways Act, 1889, superseding but not repealing s. 103 of the (English) Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 20).

Tramway fares must be published inside and outside each of the carriages used, and avoiding payment of them is punishable by fine up to 40s. with liability to arrest.

As to fares on public service vehicles, see (English) Traffic Acts, 1930, s. 72, and 1934, s. 40.

Means the charge levied for the carriage of passengers. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2 (14)]

Means the charge levied for the carriage of passengers. [Delhi Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002 (60 of 2002), s. 2(i)(e)]