Section List

Act Number: 16

Act Name: The Stage-Carriages Act, 1861

Year: 1861

Enactment Date: 1861-07-07

Long Title: An Act for licensing and regulating Stage-Carriages.

Ministry: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Department:

Section NumberTitleActions
1Definition of stage-carriage.
2Carriages to be licensed.
3Power to refuse license.
4Charge for and duration of license.
5Particulars to be painted on conspicuous part of carriage.
6Penalty for letting carriage without having particulars painted.
7Penalty for letting for hire unlicensed carriage.
9Penalty for ill-treating animals.
10Revocation of license.
11Penalty for not conforming to provisions of section 5.
12Penalty for misconduct on part of drivers.
13Penalty when recoverable from proprietor.
14Issue of summons.
15Adjudication of penalties.
16Recovery of penalties, etc.
17Offender may be apprehended and detained in custody until return of warrant of distress.
18Imprisonment of offender if distress not sufficient.
19[Repealed.].
20Jurisdiction.
20APower to make rules.
21Interpretation-clause.
22Extent of Act.
23Power to State Government to exempt.
8Penalty for allowing carriage to be drawn by fewer animals or more passengers, etc., to be carried than provided by license.
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