Clause 20

No person shall be entitled to demand and take any bus, taxi or Mass Rapid Transit System rate of hire or fare in excess of that approved by the Council.

Subsection (1) shall not prevent any person from demanding or taking a lower rate of hire or fare than that approved by the Council.

If any dispute arises as to the rate of hire or fare calculated according to distance, the dispute may be referred to the Council or to the officer-in-charge of any police station whose decision shall be final, and any certificate issued by the Council or the police officer with regard thereto shall be admissible in evidence.

Any person who demands or takes or attempts to take any money in excess of such approved rate of hire or fare shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

Any person who refuses to pay the approved rate of hire or fare when lawfully demanded shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.