Stage-Carriages Act,1861
Act No : 16
Section :
Particulars of license.
3. Power to refuse license.--The Magistrate or 5*Commissioner of Police to whom the application for a license of a stage-carriage is made may refuse to license the same, if he shall be of opinion that such stage-carriage is unserviceable or is unsafe or unfit for public accommodation or use. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 1898 (1 of 1898), has been declared to apply to all the States of India, but not 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 District, see Calcutta Gazette, 1899, Pt. I, p. 44) and Manbhum, and Pargana Dhalbhum and the Kolhan in the District of Singh- bhum . . . . . . See Gazette of India, 1881, Pt. I, p. 504. The Tarai of the Province of Agra . .Ditto 1876, Pt. I, p. 595. It has been declared, by notification under s. 3 (a) of the Sonthal Parganas Justice and Laws Regulation, The Act has been amended in Himachal Pradesh by Himachal Pradesh Act 3 of 1974. 2. All expressions and provisions in this Act applied to horses, also apply to 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 to carriages not ordinarily used for journey 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. 236 Particulars of license.--If a Magistrate or 1*Commissioner of Police as aforesaid shall grant a license, the license shall set forth the number thereof, the name and residence of the proprietor of the stage-carriage, the place at which his head office is held, the largest number of passengers and the greatest weight of luggage to be carried in or on such carriage, the number of horses by which such carriage is to be drawn, and the name of the place at which such carriage is licensed.
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