178. Penalty for travelling without pass or ticket and for dereliction of duty on the part of conductor and refusal to ply contract carriage, etc
Whoever travels in a stage carriage without having a proper pass or ticket with him or being in or having alighted from a stage carriage fails or refuses to present for examination or to deliver up his pass or ticket immediately on a requisition being made therefor, shall be [liable for a penalty] which may extend to five hundred rupees.
Explanation.—In this section, "pass" and "ticket" have the meanings respectively assigned to them in section 124.
If the conductor of a stage carriage, or the driver of a stage carriage performing the functions of a conductor in such stage carriage, whose duty is---
to supply a ticket to a person travelling in a stage carriage on payment of fare by such person, either wilfully or negligently,---
fails or refuses to accept the fare when tendered, or
fails or refuses to supply a ticket, or
supplies an invalid ticket, or
supplies a ticket of a lesser value, or
to check any pass or ticket, either wilfully or negligently fails or refuses to do so, he shall be [liable for a penalty] which may extend to five hundred rupees.
If the holder of a permit or the driver of a contract carriage [while being on duty] refuses, in contravention of the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder, to ply the contract carriage or to carry the passengers, he shall,—
in the case of two-wheeled or three-wheeled motor vehicles, be [liable for a penalty] which may extend to fifty rupees; and
in any other case, be [liable for a penalty] which may extend to [five hundred rupees]
Amendment notes (3)
- 1Subs w.e.f. 15-8-2026 Subs. by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch., for “punishable with fine” (w.e.f. 15-8-2026).
- 2Ins w.e.f. 15-8-2026 Ins. by s. 2 and Sch., ibid. (w.e.f. 15-8-2026).
- 3Subs w.e.f. 1-9-2019 Subs. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 60, for “two hundred rupees” (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).