Penalty for driving without licence or lending licence

If at any time fifteen days after the time when a licence should have been obtained any person acts as the driver of a hackney carriage without having a licence in force for the time being, or, having a licence, fails to carry it with him when driving a hackney carriage or transfers or lends it or allows it to be used by any other person, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty rupees.