(1) For the grant of a licence to a driver a fee shall be charged at such rate as the Commissioner of Police shall prescribe.
(2) For the renewal of such licence a fee at one-half of the rate chargeable under the foregoing sub-section shall be charged.
Provisions relating to licenses.
15. Every licence which has been suspended or cancelled shall be returned by the licensee to the Commissioner of Police within twenty-four hours after the suspension or cancellation thereof.
16. Whenever a licensee shall change his residence he shall within one week thereafter give notice thereof in writing signed by himself to the Commissioner of Police.
19[16A. Whenever the licencee of a public conveyance shall be asbent from the 20[area for which the licence is granted] for a period exceeding fifteen days he shall, if the public conveyance is used for the purpose of plying for hire, give, previous to his departure, notice thereof in writing signed by himself to the Commissioner of Police.
Such notice shall state the name of the person left in charge of the public conveyance.
Such persons shall, until the return of the licensee, perform all the duties of a licensee of a public conveyance and be liable to all the penalties to which such licensee is liable under this Act.]
17. Every licensee of a public conveyance or horse shall produce such conveyance or horse for inspection whenever the Commissioner of Police shall require him to do so.
Fares and stands.
18. The Commissioner of Police shall, subject to the conditions of previous publication and the previous sanction of the 21[ 22[State] Government], fix the legal rates of fares for public conveyances.
19. The Commissioner of Police shall appoint stands or places, at which alone public conveyances may stand to ply for hire 23[and may, at any time, abolish any such stand or place.]
Grounds on which driver's licence may be refused or cancelled.
Driver's badges.
Fees for drivers' licences.
Licences when suspended or cancelled to be returned.
Change of address of licensee to be reported.
Licencee to report name of person left in charge of conveyance during his absence.
Public conveyance or horse to be produced for inspection when required.
Rates of fares.
Stands.
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