Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The said officer shall forthwith enter, in a book to be kept for that purpose,- (a) the description of the property; (b) the name and address of the driver or other person who brings it; (c) the name and address of the owner of the hackney carriage in which it was left, and the regis- tered number of the carriage; and (d) the day and hour when the property is brought and shall give to the person bringing the property a receipt for the same. (2) Such property shall be delivered to the per- son who satisfies the '[Deputy Commissioner] that it belongs to him upon payment of all expenses incurred by the owner or driver, together with such reasonable sum as the l[Deputy Commissioner] may award: Provided that if the property is not claimed and the ownership established within six months from the da,te of deposit, the lpeputy Commissioner] may oause the property to be advertised and sold by publio auction; and the proceeds, after deducting the expenses, together with such reasonable sum as the ljJ)eputy Commissioner] may award to the owner or driver, a[of the hackney carriage] m y be forfeited to the "Stab Government]. '[Provided further that if the property is subject to speedy and natural deoay, the Deputy Commissioner may oame the property to be advertised and sold by public auotion, and the proceeds, after deducting the expenses, together with such reasonable sum 1 the Deputy Commissioner may award to the owner or , 7 1 Theee words were substituted for the word " Commiesioaer" lrJT emtion 2 of the T&l Nedu m k n c y carriege (Amendment) 1 A&,, 1964 (Temil Nedu Aat 21 of 1964). 4 Them words were ineerted by eeotion 16, &id. 1 8 These words were eubetituted for the word *' Qov-m.nq ** by ibid. 4 This proviso was inmted by eeotion 16, ibd. . i9li': T.N, Act V] Hackney Carriage 717 driver of the hackney carriage, shall be paid to the - i owner of such property, if such owner establishes his claim to such proceeds and if the amount is not 1 I claimed within six months from the date of deposit- it may be forfeited to the State Government.] '[CHAPTER V-A. 46-A. Any person aggrieved by any order of the ,ppo8,. Deputy Commissioner- ! (a) refusing registration of any vehicle under section 6 ; or - (b) suspending the licence of any hhckney carriage under ~ection 10 ; or (c) refusing the grant of a licence to act as driver of any hackney carriage under section 19 ; or (d) suspending the licence of the driver of a hackney carriage under section 22, , may, subject to such conditions and within such period as may be prescribed by by-laws made under section 50, appeal to the Commissioner and the order of the Commissioner on such appeal shall be final.] - 1 This Chapter wns inserted by section 16 of the Tamil Nadu Hackney Oarribge (Amendment) Aot, 1964 (Tamil Nadu Act 21 of 1904). 718 Bacbney Carhge ti911 : T.N. Aot V I CHAPTER VI. PROSECUTIONS. EX parte diapo-