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(1) The '[Deputy Commissioner] sh dl, at the bad@ driver- time of granting a licence to any driver of a hackney carriage, furnish him with s metal badge punched or marked with the number of his licence,, Driver to (2) Every driver to whom such badge is deli- wearbedge. vered shall, at ell times while acting cs driver, or while attending before any magistrate, wear such badge exposed to view. ' 1 These words woro ~ubstit,uted for tho words "two mnas " by seotion 10 of the Tamil Nadu Hackney Carriago (Amendment) Aot, 1904 (Tamil Nadu Act 21 of 19041. 2 These words were substituted for th& word " C o m r n i ~ ~ i ~ ~ ~ ~ by seotion 2, ibid. 911 : T.N. Act V] Hackney Cavlage 707 (3) In case any suoh driver omits to wear PenaBy. such badge-exposed to view while acting as driver or attending before a magistrate, he shaU be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten rupees. (4) Whenever bhe number on any badge becomes Renewal OF indistinct or is obliterated during the term of the licence, and also whenever any badge is lost or stolen, badge. the person to whom the licence relating.to any such badge has been granted shall deliver suoh badge or nobify its loss and shall produce such licence to the l[Deputy Commissioner], and such person shall then be entitled to have a new licence and badge delivered to him upon payment of '[the fee mentioned in sub- section (3) of section 191. Such new licence shall be in force for the year of registration. (6) Every person licensed under the authority ~onalty. of this Act who uees or weam the badge granted to - him after the writing thereon has become indistinct or obliterated shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten rupees.