(1) Save as is otherwise provided by this section, it shall not be lawful to carry in a public service vehicle a greater number of passengers at any one time than the number stated in the public service vehicle licence relating to such vehicle to be the number of passengers for which passenger accommodation is available in such vehicle.
(2) The Minister may, by regulations made under this Act, authorise the carrying in any large public service vehicle or any such vehicle of a particular class, but only in specified special circumstances or on specified special occasions or during specified hours, of a limited greater number of passengers at one time than would otherwise be lawful under this section.
(3) Whenever passengers are carried in contravention of this section in a public service vehicle, the owner of such vehicle and also the conductor or, if there is no conductor, the driver of such vehicle shall each be guilty severally of an offence under this section and shall on summa