# London Hackney Carriages Act 1843, Section 10: †Penalty on persons acting as drivers, &c. without licences and badges, 5l.; on proprietors suffering drivers or conductors so to do, 10l. Employment of unlicensed drivers, &c. in case of necessity.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

. . . every person to whom a licence and badge shall have been granted who shall, except in compliance with the provisions of this Act, transfer or lend such licence, or permit any other person to use or wear such badge, shall for every such offence forfeit the sum of five pounds; and every proprietor who shall knowingly suffer any person not duly licensed under the authority of this Act to act as driver of any hackney carriage, . . ., of which he shall be the proprietor, shall for every such offence forfeit the sum of ten pounds: . . ..

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/6-7/86/section/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/london-hackney-carriages-act-1843/section-10
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