(1) Whoever acts as driver of a public conveyance without a driver’s licence granted by the Commissioner of Police in this behalf and for the time being in force or without a badge, if he has received a badge from the Commissioner of Police, or, when acting as such driver, shall fail to wear such badge so received on an assigned or conspicuous part of his dress; and
(2) whoever being the driver of a public conveyance,-
(a) permits any other person to use his licence or badge;
(b) permits more passengers to be carried in a public conveyance than it is licensed to carry;
(c) conceals or permits to be concealed from public view the inscription made on a public conveyance in accordance with this Act, or prevents or attempts to prevent any person from taking a note of such inscription;
(d) permits any person to be carried without the express consent of the hirer in a public conveyance the whole of which has been hired by any person;
(e) fails to produce, on demand by a Police Officer, the licence, if any, granted to him under section 11 or a list of the legal rates of fares, as required by this Act;
(f) fails to produce, on demand by a hirer of, or passanger travelling in, a public conveyance a list of the legal rates of fares for such conveyance as required by this Act;
(g) refuses or neglects to give way, if he conveniently can, to any private conveyance, or obstructs or hinders the driver of any other public conveyance in taking up or setting Offences by drivers of public conveyances.
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(h) be intoxicated at any time while pursuing his occupation as driver;
(i) makes use of insulting or abusive language or gesture;
(j) refuses to obey the reasonable orders of any person hiring a public conveyance;
(k) when acting as driver, permits the inside of public conveyance of which he is in charge to be dirty; or
(l) when in charge of a public conveyance other than a cart used for the conveyance of goods-
(i) demands prepayment of his hire, or
(ii) refuses without reasonable cause to carry any person desiring to hire the conveyance, or
(iii) refuses or delays to proceed with reasonable expedition, or
(iv) demands for the hire of the conveyance more than the legal fare, or
(v) stands to ply for hire at any place other than a stand or place appointed under this Act or loiters for the purpose of being hired in or upon any public street, road or place;
shall be punishable with fine which may extend to twenty five rupees.
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28. Any licensee-
(a) who fails to return a licence which has been suspended or cancelled by the Commissioner of Police within such time as may be prescribed after suspension or cancellation thereof, or
(b) who after changing his address fails to give notice thereof as required by section 16 of this Act, or
(c) who before leaving the city for a period exceeding fifteen days shall fail to give notice as required by section 17 of this Act, or
(d) who contravenes any condition of the licence, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to twenty rupees.
29. Any person using a public conveyance who wilfully or negligently injures the same shall be punishable with fine which may extend to twenty rupees, and shall also pay the owner of such conveyance such compensation as the Magistrate may direct, and such compensation shall be leviable as a fine.
30. The driver of any public conveyance who by negligence or misconduct causes any hurt or damage shall, in addition to any punishment to which he may be liable by law pay the complainant such reasonable compensation as the Magistrate may direct, and such compensation shall be leviable as a fine.
Failure to return licence or notify address.
Injury to public conveyances.
Compensation payable by driver causing damage.
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31. Any police officer may arrest without warrant any person who has committed an offence under this Act, and may seize and detain any conveyance or animal in relation to which such offence is committed.
32. All offences under this Act shall be tried summarily by a Magistrate of the first class unless otherwise provided for by the notification under section 38 of this Act.