2166 ORDINANCE No. 21 of 1887 .
Licensing Consolidation.
11. The Captain Superintendent of Police may require the licensee of any vehicle
to provide, and attach to such vehicle in such manner and in such place as the Captain
Superintendent of Police may direct, a list of the authorised fares for such vehicle , of
such material and pattern as the Captain Superintendent of Police may direct.
12. The Captain Superintendent of Police may refuse a licence in respect of any
vehicle which in his opinion is not as to repairs or cleanliness in a state fit for public
use, or for any misconduct on the part of the owner or driver or bearer. If a licence
has been granted he may, for either of the above-mentioned reasons, withdraw the
same and cause it to be forfeited.
13. The Captain Superintendent of Police may refuse a licence in respect of any
driver or bearer who in his opinion is improperly clothed . If a licence has been granted
he may, in such case, withdraw the same and cause it to be forfeited .
14. Every person obtaining a licence for a vehicle shall give, upon receiving his
licence, security in the sum of fifty dollars by the bond of himself and of some person
or persons to the satisfaction of the Captain Superintendent of Police, for the appear
ance at any time of the licensee and also of the driver or bearers of the vehicle when
they shall respectively be thereunto required, and for his duly paying all fines which
shall be imposed in respect of the vehicle or the driver or bearer thereof, and all
damages which may be recovered for injuries committed in respect of the vehicle orby
the driver or bearer thereof ; the bond to be in such form as the Captain Superintend
ent of Police shall require.
15. The fares to be charged for public vehicles shall be such sums as the Captain
Superintendent of Police shall, by a table of fares to be set up in some conspicuous
place in his office, from time to time direct, and a copy thereof shall be inserted in
every licence to be granted under these rules and it shall be also affixed in a conspicuous
place on every such vehicle. Such table of fares, or any alteration of the same, shall ,
before the same shall come into operation , be approved by the Governor in Council .
16. The driver or bearer of a licensed vehicle shall not without reasonable cause
refuse, when unemployed, to accept hire.
17. The driver or bearer of a licensed vehicle shall not demand more than the
authorised fare for the hire of his vehicle.
18. The driver or bearer of a licensed vehicle shall travel with reasonable speed .
19. The driver or bearer of a licensed vehicle shall not leave his fare before the
completion of the engagement of such fare.
20. The driver or bearer of a licensed vehicle shall not use insulting language or
behave rudely.
21. The driver or bearer of a licensed vehicle shall not sit or lie in, or in any way
occupy his own vehicle.
22. Every licensed vehicle, when plying for hire or engaged after eight o'clock at
night, shall carry a lamp of such description as the Captain Superintendent of Police
shall direct.