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Penal tiCS for vmwus qffences by drzVlr.-Ever y drrver of a hackney carriage who- (a) is drunk dunng h1s employment, (b) makes use of msulting or abusive language or gesture, (c) stands elsewhere than at some stand or other places appoint- ed for the purpose of loiters for the purpose ofbemg hued 111 or upon any public street, road 01 place, (d) wilfully obstructs, or hinde1s, the dnve1 of any othe, hackney carnage 111 takmg up or settmg dO\\ n any person mto, 01 from such nthet ca· nage, (e) wrongfully prevents or endeavours to prevent the dnver of any o thl"r hackney carriage from being h1red: (f) refuses to admit and ca11 y 111 such carnage the numbet of passengers the carnage IS licenced to carry ; (g) carries more than such number of passengers, (h) refuses to carry the quanttty of luggage allowed by the licence; ; j I I I I i kl ~ 'r:. I ' l i 1 ' I ~1 I J I 'f l' 99 (i) being hired, permits or suffers any person to be carried in or upon or about such hackney carriage during such hire, Without the consent of the person hiring the same; (J) drives in any hackney carriage any animal which is not so secured as to be under the control of the driver, (k) being hired by time or distance, before he has been dischar· ged by the hirer, wilfully deserts from the hiring; (l) phes for hire with any carriage or animal which shall at the time be unfit for public use; (m) plies for hire with any carriage wh1ch is not fitted with any suitable warning signal, such as bell, horn or other contrivance; (n) without previously disinfecting it, knowingly uses for hire any carriage used for the conveyance of a corpse or any person suffering from any contagious or infectious disease; (o) demands advance payment offare; (p) refuses to obey the 1 easonable directions of any person hiring his vehicle; and (q) permits the inside of the hackney carriage of wh1ch he 1s in charge, to become dirty, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees, or to impnsonment which may extend to one month or to both.