Penalty for travelling without pass or ticket and for dereliction of duty on the part of conductor and refusal to ply contract carriage, etc.
(1)Whoever travels in a stage carriage without having a proper pass or ticket with him or being in or having alighted from a stage carriage fails or refuses to present for examination or to deliver up his pass or ticket immediately on a requisition being made therefor, shall be 1[liable for a penalty] which may extend to five hundred rupees.
Explanation.—In this section, “pass” and “ticket” have the meanings respectively assigned to them in section 124.
(2)If the conductor of a stage carriage, or the driver of a stage carriage performing the functions of a conductor in such stage carriage, whose duty is—
(a)to supply a ticket to a person travelling in a stage carriage on payment of fare by such person, either wilfully or negligently,—
(i)fails or refuses to accept the fare when tendered, or
(ii)fails or refuses to supply a ticket, or
(iii)supplies an invalid ticket, or
(iv)supplies a ticket of a lesser value, or
(b)to check any pass or ticket, either wilfully or negligently fails or refuses to do so, he shall be 2[liable for a penalty] which may extend to five hundred rupees.
(3)If the holder of a permit or the driver of a contract carriage 3[while being on duty] refuses, in contravention of the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder, to ply the contract carriage or to carry the passengers, he shall,—
(a)in the case of two-wheeled or three-wheeled motor vehicles, be 2[liable for a penalty] which may extend to fifty rupees; and
(b)in any other case, be 2[liable for a penalty] which may extend to 4[five hundred rupees].
1 Subs. by s. 2 and Sch., ibid., for “punishable with fine” (w.e.f. 15-8-2026).
2 Subs. by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch., for sections 177 and 177A (w.e.f. 15-8-2026).
3 Ins. by s. 2 and Sch., ibid. (w.e.f. 15-8-2026).
4 Subs. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 60, for “two hundred rupees” (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
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