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title: "London Cab Act 1896"
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# London Cab Act 1896

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

London Cab Act 1896
1896 c. 27
An Act to amend the law relating to cabs in London.
[7th August 1896]

## 1 Penalties for defrauding cabmen. {#section-1}

If any person commits any of the following offences with respect to a cab, namely:—
(a) hires a cab, knowing or having reason to believe that he cannot pay the lawful fare, or with intent to avoid payment of the lawful fare; or
(b) fraudulently endeavours to avoid payment of a fare lawfully due from him; or
(c) having failed or refused to pay a fare lawfully due from him, either refuses to give to the driver an address at which he can be found, or, with intent to deceive, gives a false address,
he shall be liable on summary conviction to pay, in addition to the lawful fare, a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale, or, in the discretion of the court, to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding fourteen days; and the whole or any part of any fine imposed may be applied in compensation to the driver.

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## 3 Meaning of cab. {#section-3}

In this Act the expression “cab” shall mean any hackney carriage within the meaning of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act, 1869.

## 4 Short title. {#section-4}

This Act may be cited as the London Cab Act, 1896.