Post Office Act, 1908

Provision against obstruction in neighbourhood of General Post Offices in London and Dublin.

68.(1) A hackney carriage shall not stand or ply for hire opposite the General Post Office in London or the General Post Office in Sackville Street, Dublin, or any part thereof respectively, and, if any driver or person having the management of any hackney carriage, permits the same to stand or ply for hire opposite either of the said Post Offices, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds.

(2) For the purposes of this provision, every carriage with two or more wheels, whatever may be its form or construction, or the number of persons which it is calculated to convey, or the number of horses by which it is drawn, shall be a hackney carriage within the meaning of this Act, and in all proceedings at law or otherwise, and upon all occasions whatsoever, it shall be sufficient to describe it by the term hackney carriage.

(3) If any hawker, newsvendor, or idle or disorderly person stops or loiters on the flagway or pavement opposite the General Post Office in London or in Sackville Street, Dublin, or any part thereof respectively, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds.