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Deposit to be made for any Hackney Carriage kept waiting.
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XLV. When any Hackney Carriage, hired and taken to any Place, shall be required to be kept there in waiting, it shall be lawful for the Driver to demand and receive a reasonable Sum as a Deposit, over and above the proper Fare for driving to such Place, which Sum so demanded and received shall be accounted for by the Driver when such Hackney Carriage shall be finally discharged; and if any such Driver shall refuse to remain in waiting on Payment of the Fare earned and the Tender of a Deposit sufficient to pay the further Fare for a specified Time of waiting, or shall after receiving a Deposit go away, or permit such Hackney Carriage to be driven or taken away, without the Consent of the Person making such Deposit, before the Expiration of the Time for which the Sum so deposited shall be a sufficient Compensation, according to the Fares then by Law payable, or if any Driver, on the final Discharge of such Hackney Carriage, shall refuse to refund any Portion of such Deposit which may exceed the Fare ultimately payable, in addition to the original Fare paid upon the making of such Deposit, he shall in any of such Cases forfeit a Sum not exceeding Forty Shillings; provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed an Authority to any Person to detain a Hackney Carriage beyond such Period of Time as shall be fixed by the Commissioners of Police in any Rule, Order, or Byelaw to be made under the Direction of this Act.
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