(1) Every driver of a public conveyance shall have with him, when pursuing his occupation as driver, the licence granted to him under section 11 of this Act and a legible list in Telugu and Hindi (the Hindi version being in both the Arabic and Devanagri scripts) bearing the name in full of the licensee of the conveyance and showing the rates of fares fixed for the time being for the hire of the conveyance, with an abstract (in the same languages and scripts) of the law relating to public conveyances.
(2) Every such driver shall, on demand by a Police Officer, produce for inspection such licence and list.
(3) Every such driver shall on demand produce such list for the informaiion of any hirer of, or passenger travelling in, the conveyance.
22. List of fares fixed for public conveyances as for the time being in force, together with an abstract referred to in the preceding section, shall be prepared by the Commissioner of Police and sold to the public at a reasonable price. A copy each of the list and abstract shall be supplied free of charge to each driver of a public conveyance by the Commissioner of Police in the languages and scripts in which they are to be kept under section 21.
Rates of fares.
Stands.
Driver to have his licence as driver and list of fares.
Book of fares to be issued.
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23. Any person who-
(a) keeps or lets for hire any public conveyance without a licence granted by the Commissioner of Police in this behalf and for the time being in force, or
(b) who keeps or lets for hire any public conveyance on which the number and other particulars required by section 3 are not clearly inscribed in the prescribed manner, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees.
24. Any licensee of public conveyance who, without sufficient reason, fails to cause such conveyance to ply for hire when required to do so by a Police Officer and any driver of a public conveyance who, without sufficient reason, fails duly to pursue his occupation when required to do so by Police Officer, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.
25. Any licensee of a public conveyance who, when the same is used for the purpose of a public conveyance permits any person to act as driver thereof other than a driver duly licensed under this Act, or who, when such conveyance is used for the purpose aforesaid to be drawn by an animal other than an animal for which a licence is in force under this Act, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.
26. Whoever being the the licensee of a public conveyance or animal fails to produce such conveyance or animal for inspection when required to do so by the Commissioner of Police shall be punishable with fine which may extend to twenty rupees.
Keeping a public conveyance without a licence.
Failure to cause public conveyance to ply when so required by the police.
Licensee of public conveyance permitting unlicensed driver to use the same or permitting the same to be drawn by unlicensed animal.
Failure to produce public conveyance or animal for inspection.
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