Stage-Carriages Act,1861
Act No : 16
Section :
Carriages to be licensed.
2.Carriages to be licensed. No carriage shall be used as a stage-carriage unless licensed by a 4 Magistrate or by the 5 * * * Commissioner of Police of a Presidency-town. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Short title given by the Indian Short Titles Act, 1897 (14 of 1897). This Act, as amended by the Stage-Carriages Act (1861) Amendment Act, of 1898), has been declared to apply to all the States of India, but so as to supersede or contravene provisions of local laws dealing with the same subject-see s. 22. For local laws, see the Bombay Public Conveyance Act, 1920 (Bom. 7 of 1920), the Madras Hackney Carriage Act, 1911 (Mad. 5 of 1911), and the Calcutta Hackney Carriage Act, 1919 (Ben. 1 of 1919). Cf. also the Hackney Carriage Act, 1879 (14 of 1879). it has been declared, by notification under s. 3 (a) of the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874 (14 of 1874), to be in force in the following Scheduled Districts, namely: The Districts of Hazaribagh, Lohardaga (now the Ranchi Di- strict, see Calcutta Gazette, 1899, Pt. I, P. 44) and Man- bhum, and Pargana Dhallbhum and the Kolhan in the Distr- ict of Singhbhum ... ......See Gazette of India, 1881,Pt.I, p.504. The Tarai of the Province of Agra Ditto 1876,Pt.I, p.505. It has been declared by notification under s. 3 (a) of the Santhal Parganas Justice and Laws Regulation , 1899 (3 of 1899), to be in force in the Santhal Parganas, see Calcutta Gazette, 19,01, Pt. I, p. 301. 2 All expressions and provisions in this Act applied to horses, also apply lo all other animals employed in drawing stage-carriages, see section 21, infra. 3 Proviso to s. 1 which read: "Provided that this Act shall not: apply lo carriages not ordinarily used for journeys of a greater distance than twenty miles" rep. by Act 1 of 1898, s. 2. 4 For definition of "Magistrate", see s. 21, infra. 5 The word "Chief" rep. by Act 10 of 1914, s. 3 and Sch. II. Amended in Himachal Pradesh by H.P. Act 3 of 1974. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
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