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TOWN POLICE CLAUSES ACT 1847 - SECT 57

Deposit to be made for carriages required to wait.

57. When any hackney carriage is hired and taken to any place, and the driver
thereof is required by the hirer there to wait with such hackney carriage,
such driver may demand and receive from such hirer his fare for driving to
such place, and also a sum equal to the fare of such carriage for the period,
as a deposit over and above such fare, during which he is required to wait as
aforesaid, or if no fare for time be fixed by the byelaws, then the sum of
[7p] for every half hour during which he is so required to wait, which deposit
shall be accounted for by such driver when such hackney carriage is finally
discharged by such hirer; and if any such driver who has received any such
deposit as aforesaid refuses to wait as aforesaid, or goes away or permits
such hackney carriage to be driven or taken away without the consent of such
hirer, before the expiration of the time for which such deposit was made, or
if such driver on the final discharge of such hackney carriage refuse duly to
account for such deposit, every such driver so offending shall be liable to a
penalty not exceeding [#2].

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