# Town Police Clauses Act 1847, Section 64: Improperly standing with carriage; refusing to give way to, or obstructing, any other driver or depriving him of his fare.


Any driver of any hackney carriage who suffers the same to stand for hire across any street or alongside of any other hackney carriage, or who refuses to give way, if he conveniently can, to any other carriage, or who obstructs or hinders the driver of any other carriage in taking up or setting down any person into or from such other carriage, or who wrongfully in a forcible manner prevents or endeavours to prevent the driver of any other hackney carriage from being hired, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/89/section/64 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-police-clauses-act-1847/section-64
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