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If the driver of any hackney carriage leave it in any street or at any place of public resort or entertainment, whether it be hired or not, without some one proper to take care of it, any constable may drive away such hackney carriage and deposit it, and the horse or horses harnessed thereto, at some neighbouring livery stable or other place of safe custody; and such driver shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding [F1level 1 on the standard scale]for such offence; and in default of payment of the said penalty upon conviction, and of the expenses of taking and keeping the said hackney carriage and horse or horses, the same, together with the harness belonging thereto, or any of them, shall be sold by order of the justice before whom such conviction is made, and after deducting from the produce of such sale the amount of the said penalty, and of all costs and expenses, as well of the proceedings before such justice as of the taking, keeping, and sale of the said hackney carriage, and of the said horse or horses and harness, the surplus (if any) of the g.,aid produce shall be paid to the proprietor of such hackney carriage.
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F1Words substituted (E.W.) by virtue of Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45, SIF 39: 1), s. 31 and Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1) s. 46
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 62 extended by Town Police Clauses Act 1889 (c. 14, SIF 107: 1), s. 4(1) (2)
C2Ss. 37–66, 68 repealed as to public service vehicles by Road Traffic Act 1930 (c. 43, SIF 108), Sch. 5
C3Ss. 37–65 applied with modifications by S.I. 1986/567, regs 3, 4
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