The Stage-Carriages Act,1861
Section 21. Interpretation-clause, Magistrate
The term “Magistrate” in this Act shall include all Magistrates and other persons exercising the powers of a 1Magistrate:
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3[All expressions and provisions which in this Act are applied to horses shall also apply to all other animals employed in drawing any carriage ordinarily used for the purpose of conveying passengers for hire to or from any place in the States: ]
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1. As to officers exercising the powers of a Magistrate, see s.3 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure,1898 (Act 5 of 1898).
2. The definition of “British India” omitted by the A.O.1937.
3. Subs. by Act 16 of 1876, s.1, for the third sentence.
4. The definitions relating to “number” and “gender” rep. by Act 10 of 1914, s.3 and Sch. II.
