Offences relating to licenses

(1) Whoever, being disqualified under this Act for holding or obtaining a driving license drives a motor vehicle in a public place or in any other place, or applies for or obtains a driving license or, not being entitled to have a driving license issued to him free of endorsement, applies for or obtains a driving license without disclosing the endorsement made on a driving license previously held by him shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both, and any driving license so obtained by him shall be of no effect.

(2) Whoever, being disqualified under this Act for holding or obtaining a conductor’s license, acts as a conductor of a stage carriage in a public place or applies for or obtains a conductor’s license or, not being entitled to have a conductor’s license issued to him free of endorsement, applies for or obtains a conductor’s license without disclosing the endorsements made on a conductor’s license previously held by him, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both, and any conductor’s license so obtained by him shall be of no effect.