Stage Carriage - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: stage carriageContract carriage, Stage carriage
Contract carriage, Stage carriage, the contract carriages are for those who want to hire the vehicle collectively or individually for a group or a party for their transport to a destination/destinations. The vehicle has to be hired as a whole for the carriage of passengers mentioned in the contract. Stage carriage is intended to meet the requirements of the general public travelling from one destination to another having different purposes whereas a contract carriage is meant for those who want to hire a public service vehicles as a whole collectively for their transport from one destination to another having the same purpose, State of Andhra Pradesh v. B. Noorulla Khan, (2004) 6 SCC 194 (203): AIR 2004 SC 2413. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 2(7) and (40)]...
Stage carriage
Stage carriage, means a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than six passengers excluding the driver for hire or reward to separate fares paid by or for individual passengers, either for the whole journey or for stages of the journey. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2 (40)]...
Hackney carriages
Hackney carriages. The provisions relating to these vehicles in large towns are contained in the (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 89), ss. 37 et seq., incorporated by the Public Health Act, 1875, s. 171, and in London in the London Hackney Carriages Act, 1831 (1 & 2 Wm. 4, c. 22), which has been amended by many subsequent Acts, of which 6 & 7 Vict. c. 86, and 16 & 17 Vict. cc. 33, 127 and the London Cab and Stage Carriage Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 55), are the most important. In the last-mentioned Act provision for taximeter cabs is made. The conveyance of infected persons in public vehicles is prohibited by ss. 159 and 160 of the Public Health Act, 1936. For orders fixing fares and making other regulations for London cabs, see also the Road Traffic Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 43); and London Passenger Trans-port Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 14); Road Traffic Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 50), and the various statutory rules and orders, and generally, see Chit...
Hackney carriage or cab
Hackney carriage or cab, means any such vehicle for the conveyance of passengers which plies for hire, whether drawn or propelled by animal or mechanical power, and which is not a stage carriage or a tram car. [See the London Cab Act, 1896, s. 3]The phrase 'ply for hire' does not connote motion A Cab is not plying for hire when cruising whilst displaying a 'for hire' sign unless the driver stops when hailed, see Hunt v. Morgan, (1949) 1 KB 233: (1948) 2 All ER 1065 DC...
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 ...
Public service vehicle
Public service vehicle, means a carriage to which any member of the public can have free access on payment of the usual charges when a vehicle is used for carriage of a company's employees on nominal charge, then, qua-public, the employees from a separate class and cannot be said to be public, Tata Engineering and Locomotive Co. v. Sales Tax Officer, AIR 1979 SC 343.Means any motor vehicle used or adapted to be used for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward, and includes a maxicab, a motorcab, contract carriage, and stage carriage. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2 (35)]...
Conductor
Conductor, in relation to a stage carriage, means a person engaged in collecting fares from passengers, regulating their entrance into, or exit from, the stage carriage and performing such other functions as maybe prescribed. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2 (5)]Means any wire, cable, bar, tube, rail or plate used for conducting energy and so arranged as to be electrically connected to a system. [Indian Electricity Rules, 1956, s. 2 (1) (k)]Roman Law. A person who leases property or hire the services of another, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 292....
Public interest
Public interest, means an act beneficial to the general public. It means action necessarily taken for public purpose, Babu Ram Verma v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1971) All LJ 653: (1971) Serv LR 649: (1971) 2 Lab LJ 235: (1971) Lab IC 1162 (All).Means of concern or advantage to people as a whole, T.M.A. Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka, (2002) 8 SCC 481.Means retention of honest and efficient employees and weeding of inefficient and dishonest, Indira Saxena v. Municipal Council, 1995 Jab LJ 28.Means those interests which concern the public at large, Law Lexicon, 2nd Edn., Reprint 2000, at p. 1557). See also T.M.A. Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka, (2002) 8 SCC 481.Refers to cases where the interests of public adminis-tration require the retirement of a government servant who with the passage of years has pre-maturely ceased to possess the standard of efficiency, competence and utility called for by the government service to which he belongs. No stigmas or implication of misbehav...
Unclaimed property
Unclaimed property. This devolves on the Crown at Common Law. Unclaimed property may be dealt with under the heads of (1) Government Stock, (2) Chancery Funds, (3) Stock in Public Companies, (4) Bankers' Balances, (5) Deposits with Bankers for Safe Custody, and (6) Found Property.(1) Government Stock.-The National Debt Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 71), ss. 51 et seq., as extended by 20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 28, s. 49 provides that stock on which no dividend has been claimed for ten years must be transferred to the National Debt Commissioners. Lists of names in which the stock stood, with residence, description and amount of stock and date of transfer, are to be kept at the Bank of England [or Ireland, but see 13 Geo. 5, c. 2, s. 6 (d)] and at the National Debt Office, open to inspection, and also kept in duplicate at the National Debt Office. The stock may be re-transferred to persons showing title after, in the case of stock exceeding 20l., three months' public notice by advertisement. A sec...
A new entrant
A new entrant. It means a new entrant to stage carriage business, S. China Narasa Reddy v. D. Jagadeeswara Rao, (1972) 4 SCC 734: AIR 1972 SC 1536 (1537). [AP Motor Vehicles Rules, 1957, R. 212(1)(ii)(a)]...
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