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Carriages having Dublin Plates to be deemed Hackney, &c., according to the Evidence of Plate.
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XX. In any Complaint or other Proceeding for the Recovery of any Penalty incurred under this Act in respect of or with relation to any such Carriage or Cart, if Evidence shall be given that the Carriage or Cart in respect of which or in any Manner relating to which any such Proceeding shall be commenced or prosecuted was seen having thereon any Dublin Plate by this Act directed to be fixed upon such Carriage or Cart respectively, or having thereon any Plate resembling or intended to resemble any such Plate as aforesaid, such Carriage or Cart shall be deemed and taken to be a Hackney Carriage, Stage Carriage, Job Carriage, or Cart, according to the descriptive Letter, Word, or other Device or Devices appearing on such Plate, and such Evidence as aforesaid shall be received as sufficient Proof that such Carriage or Cart was kept for Use or let to Hire as such Carriage or Cart respectively, according to the Purport of the said Plate within the Meaning of this Act; and that in all such Proceedings as aforesaid the Person named or described in the Licence granted with or relating to the Number of the Dublin Plate fixed or placed upon such Carriage or Cart, whether such Licence shall be in force or not, shall for the Purposes of this Act be deemed to be the Proprietor of such Carriage or Cart, unless the contrary be proved.
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