# Town Police Clauses Act 1847, Section 46: Drivers not to act without first obtaining a licence.


No person shall act as driver of any hackney carriage licensed in pursuance of this or the special Act to ply for hire within the prescribed distance without first obtaining a licence from the commissioners, which licence shall be registered by the clerk to the commissioners, and such fee as the commissioners may determine shall be paid,for the same; and every such licence shall be in force until the same is revoked, except during the time that the same may be suspended as after mentioned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/89/section/46 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-police-clauses-act-1847/section-46
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