# London Hackney Carriage Act 1831, Section 56: †Proprietors, drivers, or watermen misbehaving, penalty, 5l. Licence may be revoked.


If the proprietor or driver of any hackney carriage, or any other person having the care thereof, shall, by intoxication, or by wanton and furious driving, or by any other wilful misconduct, injure or endanger any person in his life, limbs, or property, or if any such proprietor or driver, . . . shall make use of any abusive or insulting language, or be guilty of other rude behaviour, to or towards any person whatever, or shall assault or obstruct . . . any officer of police, constable, ... watchman, or patrole, in the execution of his duty, every such proprietor, driver, . . . or other person so offending in any of the several cases aforesaid, shall forfeit level 1 on the standard scale , . . . .........

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Will4/1-2/22/section/56 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/london-hackney-carriage-act-1831/section-56
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