Bare ActsThe Kerala Hackney Carriage Act, 1963 (No.18 of 1963)

Section 53

Power of Government to make special rules

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Power of Government to make special rules.-(1) Notwithstanding anything con tamed m the foregomg provtsions of thts Act or the rules made thereunder, the Government, may after previous publication, make special rules for the licensing of rickshaws and rickshaw pullers. (2) In particular and without prejudtce to the generality of the foregoing power such rules may- (a) prescribe the period for which the nckshaws, hand-pulled and cycle-driven, are to be permitted to ply ; (h) prescnbe the stze and design of rickshaw and the conditions for grant of hcence ; (c) prescribe the period after whtch the hcence has to be renewed; (d) prescribe the standard of phystcal fitness, with special reference to age, required for nckshaw pullers and drivers; (e) prescribe the rates of fees to be paid by nckshaw puller and drivers for medtcal certificates ; (f) prescribe the penalties f01 the violation of any of the rule by the owner of the nckshaw or by the puller or dnver of the rickshaw . . CHAPTER VII I Rules, bye-laws and Delegation

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