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Contract for higher fare invalid.-No agreement made with the driver of any hackney carnage for the payment of more than the fare published in accordance with section 34 shall be binding on the person making the same, and any person, notwithstanding such agreement, may refuse on dtscharging such hackney carriage to pay any sum beyond such fare. If, in pursuance of such agreement, any person rece1ves any sum exceedmg the fare allowed, he shall be hable to pay a fine not exceeding ten rupees and also to refund such excess, whtch shall be recoverable as if it were a fine.