Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 · Chapter III: Licensing of Conductors of Stage Carriages
Section 29: Necessity for conductor's licence
(1) No person shall act as a conductor of a stage carriage unless he holds an effective conductors licence issued to him authorising him to act as such conductor; and no person shall employ or permit any person who is not so licensed to act as a conductor of a stage carriage.
(2) A State Government may prescribe the conditions subject to which sub-section (1) shall not apply to a driver of a stage carriage performing the functions of a conductor or to a person employed to act as a conductor for a period not exceeding one month.
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