Section 45: Penalty for defacmg 01 destroymg plate, badge or table of fares

The Kerala Hackney Carriage Act, 1963 (No.18 of 1963)State Act of Kerala · Act 18 of 1963

( I) Every person who wilfully tears, destroys, defaces, obliterates or removes any plate, list of fa1es, table of d1stances, or dnver's badge, kept under the provisions of this Act, shall be liable to a fine not exceedmg twenty rupees.

(2) Any portiOn ofthe fine may be awarded to the person to whom such plate, list of fares, table of distances, or driver's badge belongs.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Kerala Hackney Carriage Act, 1963 (No.18 of 1963)
Section	45
Marginal note	Penalty for defacmg 01 destroymg plate, badge or table of fares
Jurisdiction	State of Kerala
Status	In force as published by the source

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