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Drivers, &c. applying for Licences to sign Requisition for the same.
Persons making false Representations to forfeit 40s., and Licence may be revoked.
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LIII. Before any such Licence as last aforesaid shall be granted or renewed a Requisition for the same, in such Form as the said Commissioners shall prescribe for that Purpose, and accompanied (except in Cases of Renewal) with such Certificate as herein-before is required, shall be made and signed by the Person to whom such Licence is requested to be granted, and in every such Requisition there shall be truly specified and set forth the proper Name and Surname and Place of Abode and Age of the Person applying for such Licence, with all such further Particulars as the Commissioners may require; and if any Person applying for, and procuring or attempting to procure, any such Licence as last aforesaid, or any Renewal thereof, shall make or cause to be made any false Representation in any such Requisition as aforesaid, or if he shall not truly answer all Questions which shall be demanded of him in relation to such Application for a Licence or Renewal, or if any Person to whom Reference shall be made shall in regard to such Application wilfully or knowingly make any Misrepresentation with the Intention of deceiving the said Commissioners, each and every Person so offending shall forfeit for every such Offence a Sum not exceeding Forty Shillings; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, upon Proof of any such Offence, to revoke any Licence which shall have been granted upon any such false Representation; and it shall be also lawful for the said Commissioners to proceed for recovering of such Penalty before any Justice at any Time within One Calendar Month after the Commission of the Offence, or during the Currency of the Licence so improperly obtained.
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