# Town Police Clauses Act 1847, Section 47: Penalty on drivers acting without licence.


If any person acts as such driver as aforesaid without having obtained such licence, or during the time that his licence is suspended, or if he lend or part with his licence, except to the proprietor of the hackney carriage, or if the proprietor of any such hackney carriage employ any person as the driver thereof who has not obtained such licence, or during the time that his licence is suspended, as herein-after provided, every such driver and every such proprietor shall for every such offence respectively be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty shillings.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/89/section/47 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-police-clauses-act-1847/section-47
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