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Penalty for demanding, in any Case, more than Sum, agreed for.
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XLII. If the Proprietor of any Hackney Carriage, or any Person usually acting for the Proprietor or the Driver of such Carriage, shall agree beforehand with any Person requiring such Carriage to accept any Sum less than the proper Rate of Fare allowed by Law, and such Proprieter, Person, or Driver shall nevertheless exact or demand subsequently for the said Carriage on such Occasion more than the Sum agreed for, the Proprietor, or if such Exaction or Demand shall be made by the Driver, then the said Driver, shall forfeit a Sum not exceeding Forty Shillings for such Offence.
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