Section 118A of Traffic Act CAP 403: Local authority may make by-laws regulating taxicabs, etc.
(1) A municipal council, and a county council, may make by-laws—(
a) for controlling taxicabs within its area;
(b) for fixing the number of taxicabs permitted in its area;
(c) for requiring the installation and providing for the inspection of meters on such taxicabs;
(d) for licensing the drivers of such taxicabs;
(e) for fixing the fees for any such licences; and
(f) for prohibiting the parking of taxicabs, except for the picking up or depositing passengers or loads, elsewhere than on stands provided for taxicabs.
(2) Every municipal council, urban council and area council may make by-laws for controlling animal or human drawn vehicles which are not licensed under any of the other provisions of this Act.
(3) The procedure for the making, approval and publication of by-laws made under subsection (1) and subsection (2) shall be that prescribed in the Local Government Act (Cap. 265), and, for the purposes of their enforcement and the disposal of fines imposed for their contravention, such by-laws shall be deemed to be by-laws made by the same local authority under that Act.
(4) In this section, “controlling” includes regulating, inspecting, supervising and licensing.
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