# Town Police Clauses Act 1847, Section 61: Penalty on drivers misbehaving.


If the driver or any other person having or pretending to have the care of any such hackney carriage be intoxicated while driving, or if any such driver or other person by wanton and furious driving, or by any other wilful misconduct, injure or endanger any person in his life, limbs, or property, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale; and in default of payment thereof the justice before whom he is convicted of such offence may commit him to prison, there to remain for any time not exceeding two months.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/89/section/61 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-police-clauses-act-1847/section-61
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