The Rickshaw Niyamak Act, 1357

This Act may be callcd thc Act to r-egulate the Traffic by rickshaw-s or Act I of 1357 T.E. (b) This Act slla!! coine into fot-cc throughou~ I he 'l'riyurit Stale fl.0111 the cliiie or ils noti ticatioll in the Slalt: Gazelle.

" R ickshn\v" mcans all clusscs of ~'ick~h~ ~ ~ .

Every ownel- era I-ickshaw ~~secl iviltlill thc li~uits of the municip;~liry of Ag;~riala '[or ally otlicl municipalily consti tutcd ul~dcl- seclion 8 or seclio[~ 93 D oi., as tlw C:ISC m;iy be, NoliCied Arcs constituted under seclior~ 93 A ot'thc I3cngril hllunicipiil Acl, 1932,:~q cstcndecl Lo T1-ipuru shall producc his ~.icksh;i\: every year ro rlic officc of the saicl ~~~u~iici],nlity 'lor ;111y olhcr mi~nicip;llily cousri t~ltcd under sec~ion 8 or scction 93 D of rhe Bellgill 1M~111icipnl Act, 1 4 32, ;is eslencled lo T~ipul-a 01. as thc ciise may be, NoriIie~l Awn Autl~ol-ity iuid hiwe [he sallic 1-egistcred i ~ n c l obti~iu a liccnce.

Every driver or drawer of a rickshaw shall have his name registered annually as a driver or as a drawer in the municipality, or as the case may be, the office of the Notified Area Authority and obtain a licence. No person shall drive or draw any rickshaw without such licence.

The Chairman of the municipality of Agartala or any other municipality constituted under section 8 or section 93D of the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, as extended to Tripura, as the case may be, Notified Area shall, unless provisions have been made otherwise by the Minister, be deemed to be a Registering officer for discharging duties under this Act.

The Registering officer shall in case of any contravention of any of the rules under this Act, cancel or suspend the registration or any rickshaw of the driver or drawer of the same.

The ownet- of a I-ickshaw shnll not have the same driven ur driliij11 by il person of less ~hnn lwc111y years of age.

When drawing n rickshi~~v [he cl~.iver. 01' sucl~ I-ickshniv hnds ally ocher conveyance coming horn [he dirccrio~l in firm t ot'hiln, hc s11;lll Inovc away ro his lcft sidc and whcn hc finds :my o ~ h e ~ conveynnce pirssing ;ilo11g 111e clit-eclio11 in front of him he shnll move away to his rig11 t side. FIc shall kcep his I-ickshnw ro ~heexlreme Icft sidc nf thc road wile11 tic l ~ a s ro stop tllc n~ovc~nent of his rickshaw for thc purpnse of givi tlg a lili to passengers flwm thc I-oadsidc.

Brigllc ligllc shall bc aRixcd to the outside :IS well 21s he back-sick of the rickshair: j l i~ is lo be tll-iven betbrc sun-risc or after sun-set.

No person shall drive any rickshaw on a street without having affixed a bell approved by the Registering officer as being quite in working order. No person shall use a horn in a rickshaw.

No driver of a rickshaw shall sleep or sit in a rickshaw on a street in such a manner as to cause obstruction to the traffic of conveyances.

The Annual licence fee shall be paid according to the rates as may be prescribed by rules and licence shall be taken delivery of every year.

Provided that the State Government may in such cases as may be prescribed exempt any rickshaw owner or driver from payment of licence fee.

Any rickshaw shall be hilmed either by timc 01- according to dislance, as rl~e hil.crdemands and this sllall be deltrmincd at the vcly time of 11il-in: such rickshaw. Where nolhing has been sclrled thc f~res sh;\ll be pilid by lime.

The fires shall bc pilid iiucorcling lo thc wtcs ;is ulay he prescribed by rules. (1) InplaceoPSixilnnns Eight armils. (2) In place oPTour anuas Six amas. (4) Iu place ofeighr annas Ten i~nniis.

Thc full list or [he rales of' fa]-cs shall be iifiised lo each rickshaw.

Eve~y dlivcr or dl-;lwet- shnll cmy his liccncc plate with him kind produce Ihe s:une for inspection wllci~ever de~nanded by any pcrsnn belonging to the Municipiilily 'lor 3s he casc Inriy, Nutilied Area Authority or any police or ill-ty pi~blir: olficer.

Where an o rncr- of ;I Rickshaw has let it out ro the drivel; he shall claim a 11i1.e at r? I-XC as Inny be prescr4ibrd by thc rulcs in that behalf.

Thc Ministct- may mike niles in consistence with the provisions of this Act i 11 rcga1.d to the follotving martel- in order to c i ~ u y into erect thc purposcs of this Act and map, ir1ht.n hc dccms it necessiiry, amend such nllcs. Such lutes shall come into t'orcc likc this Acl Tram [he clate of tlicir rlotification in rhe St u ~ e Gazelle :-- ( 2 ) Tlie marl~~cr and time of regisl~~atio~~ and thc fccs and illode of the recovery ot thc saine. (3) Usc of I-ickshaws in a public placc.

The Pees for regishaion and thc likc ;und the penalty of fine shall be paid to the municipality of Agal-tala2[ol- any other miinicipali~y constin~tcd under sccrion 8 or 93 D of thc Bcngal Municipi~l Ac11932, as extcnded to Tripura. or as thc casc may bc, the Notilierl Area Aurliority.

3[19A. Every rule made by the Siale Go\w-n~ncnr under this Act sl~all be [aid as soon as may be afler it is made, bcforc tl~c Legislative Assembly of Tripura while i t is in scssion for a totill pet-iud uf Courieen days, which may tic co~npriscd in nne session ur- in ~ w u or more succcssivc scssions and if, befo~c [he expi~y of the session in which it is so 1:ud nr the session immediately following, thc House ;lgrees in nlaking any modi ticatinn in the n11e or the House ilgrees [hilt rhe nrle should not bc nladc, the ~ule shall therenfier have effect only in such modified ro~ni 01- bc of no cffect, as the case may be ; so however, thi11 ;my such n~odification or annulment shall be wirhour prejudice to ihe valkli ty of anythins previously donc under lhat rule.

20. Any owner, driver 01- drawcr of any I-ickshn\v. ivwho inriinges any provisions of [his Act or any rulcs til;tdc tllcreunder, shall, upon conviction, he liable to rigorous i 111prison tncnt for a lelnl no1 exceeding six tnonths or to a fine no1 cxcccdi tig fivc hundred lupees or to both. Such offence shall be triable by a Magistrate of the first class and shall be bailable and cog~lisable by the police.