Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Upon the registration of any hackney carriage the registering authority shall cause to be painted on some conspicuous part of the carriage or on a plate to be affixed on some conspicuous part of the carriage its number in the register and the number of passengers it is licensed to carry. (2) If the words or figures so painted become indistinct or are obliterated during the term of the licence, the owner of the carriage shall be bound to produce it before the registering authority and apply to have such words or figures renewed. If the plate so affixed shall have been lost or stolen, the owner of the carriage shall be bound to apply to the registering authority to have a new plate affixed. (3) The fee for the painting done or the plate supplied under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall be twenty-five naye paise, payable to the registering authority.