Section 1
Definition of stage-carriage.
About this Act
An Act for licensing and regulating Stage-Carriages.
Every carriage drawn by one or more 1
horses which shall
ordinarily be used for the purpose of conveying passengers for hire to or from any place in 2[the
States] shall, without regard to the form or construction of such carriage, be deemed to be a stagecarriage within the meaning of this Act.
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Notes
1. All expressions and provisions in this Act applied to horses, also apply to all other animals employed in drawing stagecarriages, see section 21, infra.
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "the Provinces" which had been subs. by the A.O. 1948, for "British India".
3. Proviso to s. 1 which read: "Provided that this Act shall not apply to carriages not ordinarily used for journey of a greater distance than twenty miles" rep. by Act 1 of 1898, s. 2.
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "the Provinces" which had been subs. by the A.O. 1948, for "British India".
3. Proviso to s. 1 which read: "Provided that this Act shall not apply to carriages not ordinarily used for journey of a greater distance than twenty miles" rep. by Act 1 of 1898, s. 2.