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(1) When a complaint is made before a magis- Requisition to trate against the driver of a hackney carriage under 0-r to pro. this Act, the magistrate may, if the driver fails to duoeabsont appear, summon the owner to appear and to produce driver. the driver. (2) If the owner after being duly summoned fails withoub reasonable excuse to appear or to produce the driver according to the summons, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees. 1 These 016-8 were inserted by seotion 14 of the Tamil 8.d. H~kney Carriage (Amendment) Aot, 1964 (Tsmil Nadu Aat 21 of 1964). 71 4 Hackney Carr{age , [1911 : T.N. Act V En parts dig- (3) If the owner fails without reasonable excusc posal of oom- to appear or produce such driver on a second ,or sub- plaint. sequent summons requiiing him to do so, the'magis- trate may dispose of the complaint in the absence of the owner and driver or either of them. Proaedure in