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Passenger

Passenger, 'passenger' any person on a railway in any description or class of traveling train or carriage on payment of his fare, whether at full rates or at concessional rates. Railway Passengers Fare Act, 1971, s.2(b) trespasser or person traveling without ticket or pass or authority in not a passenger, Sundari v. Union of India, AIR 1984 All 277 (278).Means a person travelling with a valid pass or ticket. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2(29)]A Railway servant on duty is not a passenger, AIR 1988 Pat 130 (132).Passenger, is a person whom a common carrier has contracted to carry from one place to another, Sundari v. Union of India, AIR 1984 All 277.Means a person whom a common carrier has contracted to carry from one place to another, Black's Law Dictionary.Means a traveller in or on a public or private conveyance other than the driver, pilot crew, etc., New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Annakutty, AIR 1993 Ker 299: (1993) ILR 1 Ker 850: (1993) 1 ACC 684: (1992) 2 Ker LJ 858: (199...


Passengers

Passengers, persons conveyed from one place to another. Passenger ships are those peculiarly appropriated to the conveyance of passengers, as distinguished from cargo ships. In some respects, passengers by ship may be considered as a portion of the crew. They may be called on by the master or commander of the ship, in case of imminent danger, either from tempest or enemies, to lend their assistance for the general safety; and in the event of their declining, may be punished for disobedience. This principle has been recognized in several cases; but as the authority arises out of the necessity of the case, it must be exercised strictly within the limits of that necessity, Boyce v. Bayliffe, (1807) 1 Camp 58.A passenger is not, however, bound to remain on board a ship in the hour of danger, but may quit it if he has an opportunity; and he is not required to take upon himself any responsibility as to the conduct of the ship; if he incurs any responsibility, and perform extraordinary servic...


Medium passenger motor vehicle

Medium passenger motor vehicle, means any public service vehicle or private service vehicle, or educational institution bus other than a motor cycle, invalid carriage, light motor vehicle or heavy passenger motor vehicle. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2(24)]...


Railway Passengers, Endangering

Railway Passengers, Endangering, punishable under the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, ss. 32-34, and the (English) Malicious Damage Act, 1861, ss. 35-38....


Heavy passenger motor vehicle

Heavy passenger motor vehicle, means any public service vehicle or private service vehicle or educational institution bus or omnibus the gross vehicle weight of any of which, or a motor car the unladed weight of which, exceeds 12,000 kilograms. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2 (17)]...


Motor Car

Motor Car, means a mechanically propelled vehicle, not being a motor cycle or an invalid carriage, which is constructed itself to carry a load or passengers and of which the weight unlades: (1) if it is constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects, is adapted to carry not more than seven passengers exclusive of the driver, and is fitted with tyres of such type as may be specified in regulation made by the secretary of state, does not exceed 3,050 kilograms; (2) if it is constructed or adapted for use for the conveyance of goods or burden of any description does not exceed 3,050 kilograms, or 3,500 kilograms, if the vehicle carries a container or containers for holding, for the purpose of its propulsion; any fuel which is wholly gaseous at 17.5' Celsius under a pressure of 1.013 bar or plant and material for producing such fuel; or (3) in a case falling within neither head (1) nor head (2) above, does not exceed 2,540 kilograms, See Halsbury's Laws of England, 4th...


Public Order Act, 1936

Public Order Act, 1936 (English) (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 6). An Act to prohibit the wearing of uniforms in connection with political objects and the maintenance by private persons of associations of limitary or similar character, and to make further provision for the preservation of public order on the occasion of public processions and meetings and in public places.S. 1.-Prohibition of uniform in connection with political objects.S. 2.-Prohibition of quasi-military organizations.S. 3.-Confers powers for the preservation of public order on the occasion of processions.S. 4.-Prohibition of offensive weapons at public meetings and processions.S. 5.-Prohibition of offensive conduct conducive to breaches of the peace.S. 6.-Amendment of Public Meeting Act, 1908; see PUBLIC MEETING.S. 7.-Enforcement.S. 8.-Application to Scotland.S. 9.-Interpretation.S. 10.-Short title and extent.A person who commits an offence under s. 2 is liable on summary conviction to a maximum of 6 months' imprisonment ...


Contract carriage

Contract carriage, means a motor vehicle which carries a passenger or passengers for hire or reward and is engaged under a contract, whether expressed or implied, for the use of such vehicle as a whole for the carriage of passengers mentioned therein and entered into by a person with a holder of a permit in relation to such vehicle or any person authorised by him in this behalf on a fixed or an agreed rate or sum-(a) on a time basis, whether or not with reference to any route or distance; or [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 2 (7) (a)](b) from one point to another. [The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 2 (7) (b)]And in either case, without stopping to pick up or set down passengers not included in the contract anywhere during the journey, and includes:a maxicab; and [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 2 (7) (b) (i)]a motorcab notwithstanding the separate fares are charged for its passengers. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 2 (7) (b) (ii)]...


Railway

Railway. A road owned by a private person or public company on which carriages run over iron rails; if the road is a public highway, that part of it on which the rails are laid is called a tramway. Every railway in this country (except a few private railways running through land owned by the owner of the railway) is constructed and managed (1) under a local and personal Act of Parliament; and (2) under the Companies Clauses, Lands Clauses, and Railways Clauses Consolidation Acts; and (3) under the general Acts relating to railways. The (English) Railway Act, 1921, provides for the reorganization of almost all the railways in England.Railway Companies as Carriers, The powers of railway companies as carriers are given by the 86th section of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and controlled by the (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Acts of 1854, 1873, and 1888. The (English) Act of 1845, s. 86, enacts that:-It shall be lawful for the company [authorized (see s. 3) by the speci...


Highways

Highways, all portions of land, and passage which every subject of the kingdom has a right to use. See Pratt on Highways; also defined by the Highway Act, 1835 (5 & 6 Will. 4, c. 50), s. 5, 'All roads, bridges (not being county bridges), carriage ways, cartways, horseways, bridleways, footways, cause-ways churchways and pavements. They exist either by prescription, by authority of Acts of Parliament, or by dedication to the use of the public; and see the Rights of Way Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 45). The right of the public, when once acquired, is permanent and inalienable except by the authority of Parliament-'once a highway, always a highway.' It cannot be lost by abandonment or non-user, and the public retain the right, though they may never have occasion to use it. But the right is only a right of passing and repassing, pausing only for such time as is reasonable and usual when persons are using a highway as such. A man has no right to stand on the highway in order to shoot pheas...


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