Commencement extent and of Act19. This Act shall come into operation on the first day of January next after the passing thereof, and shall extend to the whole of the British Islands.
Short title and construction20. This Act may be cited as the Collecting Societies and Industrial Assurance Companies Act, 1896.
SCHEDULE.
| Session and Chapter. | Short title | Extent of Repeal. |
| 38 & 39 Vict. c. 60. | The Friendly Societies Act 1876. | The whole Act so far as it is unrepealed. |
| 60 & 61 Vict. c. 66. | The Friendly Societies Act 1887. | The whole Act so far as it is unrepealed. |
| 67 & 68 Vict. c. 22. | The Friendly Societies Act 1889. | The whole Act. |
| 68 & 69 Vict. c. 26. | The Friendly Societies Act, 1896. | The whole Act so far as it is unrepealed. |
CHAPTER 27.
An Act to amend the Law relating to Cabs in London.
BE it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Penalties for defrauding cabmen. 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 forty shillings, 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.
