Penalty for ticketless travel.

(1) Any person who travels in a transport vehicle without having a proper ticket or having alighted therefrom fails or refuses to present his ticket for examination on requisition shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month or with fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees or with both and shall also be liable to pay the excess charge specified in sub-section (2), in addition to the actual fare, for the distance which he has travelled, or where there is any doubt as to the stage from which he started, the fare from the stage from which the transport vehicle originally started, or from the place, if any, where the tickets were last examined, to the place where he was detected to be travelling without ticket. (2) The excess charge referred to in sub-section (1) shall be the actual fare for the distance referred to in that sub-section or a sum of Rs. 20, whichever is more. The excess charge shall be payable to the inspecting employee at the spot of inspection along with the actual fare. Explanation.- Where there is any doubt at the stage from which he started for purposes of calculating the excess charge, the fare from the stage from which the transport vehicle originally started for from the place, if any, where the tickets are last examined to the place where he was detected to be travelling without tickets shall be deemed to be the distance which he has travelled.