MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY BY-LAWS

MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY BY-LAWS

MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY BY-LAWS
ARRANGEMENT OF BY-LAWS

By-law ........................... Page

PART I

PRELIMINARY

1 Citation........................ .......... ... ... B 3

2. Interpretation............................. . ... ... ... ... ... ... B 3

PART II

TRESPASS AND DAMAGE To RAILWAY
PREMISES

3. Admission ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 4
4. Trespass ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . ... ... ... ... ... ... B 4
5. Damage to railway premises, trains, plant and equipment ... ... 8 4
6. Sewage etc. not to be placed on railway premises ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 5
7. Rubbish etc. not to be thrown on or from railway premises ... ... B 5
8. Improper use of emergency equipment ... ... ... ... ... ... B 5
9. Wrongfully entering or leaving trains ... ... ... ... ... ... B 5

PART III

FARES AND
TICKETS

10. Conditions of issue of tickets ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 5
11. Fares ... ... ... ... . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 5
12. Tickets contain no warranty or acceptance of liability ... ... ... B 5
13. Compliance with Conditions of Issue ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 6
14. Entry and travel prohibited without ticket ... . ... ... ... ... ... ... B 6
15. Travel where ticket is lost, damaged or expired ... ... ... ... ... B 6
16. Passengers should examine tickets and change ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 7
17. Handing in of tickets ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 7
18. Damaging etc. a ticket ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 7
19, Failure to pay fares, etc . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 8

20. Exchanges and refunds ........................ ... ... ... ... B 8

PART IV

CONDUCT OF
PASSENGERS

21. Compliance with notices ..... ....... ... ... ... ... ... B 8
22. Feet not to be placed on seats ............... . ... ... ... ... B 8

23. Smoking prohibited ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 8
24. Spitting, etc. prohibited ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . B 8
25. Passengers not to cause a nuisance ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 8
26. Musical instruments etc. prohibited ... ... . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 8
27. Prohibitionon taking certain luggage, etc. and consumption of food or
beverage ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . ... ... ... ... ... ... B 9
28. Animals prohibited on railway premises ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 9





By-law ................ Page
PART V

HAWKERS, LOITERERS AND BILL POSTING

29. Soliciting for luggage handling. aims, etc. ... ... - . ... ... ... ... B 9

30..............Hawking prohibited ........ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 9
31..............Loitering prohibited ......... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 9

32................Bill posting etc. prohibited ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 9

PART VI

MOTION VEHICLES ON RAILWAY PREMISES

33...........................Motor vehicles not to be left on railway premises ... ... ... ... ... B 9

34.........................Dealing with vehicles left on railway premises ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 10

35.......................Vehicle drivers to comply with signs etc . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 10

36..............Dangerous driving ......... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 10

37. Vehicles prohibited on certain parts of railway premises ... ... ... ... ... B 10

PART VII

FIREARMS, ETC.

38.........Firearms ............................. ... ... ... ... ... ... B 11

39............Dangerous goods ............. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 11

PART VIII

LOST PROPERTY

40. Lost property .............. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 11

41. Disposal of lost property..... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 11

PART IX

ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

42. Removal of persons from railway premises ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 12

43..............Offences and penalties .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 12

44..................Saving of Corporation's rights ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 12

45............Liability of staff ................ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 12

Schedule. Penalties....................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 12





MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY BY-LAWS
(Cap. 270, section 25)
[29 September 1986]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

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1. These by-laws may be cited as the Mass Transit Railway By-
laws.

2. In these by-laws, unless the context otherwise requires--

'Conditions of Issue' means the conditions of issue of tickets for travel
upon the railway published from time to time by the Corporation
and posted at its stations;

'fare' means the fare payable by any passenger to whom or on whose
behalf a ticket is issued by or on behalf of the Corporation for use
on the railway;

official' means any person duly authorized to act on behalf of the
Corporation;

.,paid area' means that part of the railway premises--

(a) set aside for the use of fare-paying passengers, and

(b)provided with ticket gates, barriers or turnstiles for the
purposes of entry or exit;

'passenger' means a person to whom or on whose behalf a ticket is
issued and who is lawfully within the paid area during the hours of
business of the Corporation-;

'railway' means the railway or any part thereof known as the Mass
Transit Railway operated by the Corporation;

'surcharge' means such amount, not exceeding an amount equal to fifty
times the maximum adult single fare at the time the surcharge is to
be paid, as may be specified in the Conditions of Issue;

'ticket' means any form of ticket, pass or permit from time to time issued
by the Corporation, or by persons duly authorized by the
Corporation, for travel on the railway,

'ticket office' means an office operated by or on behalf of the
Corporation which is duly authorized to issue a ticket,

'train' means any train (or carriage or compartment thereof) owned by
or in the possession of the Corporation.





PART II

TRESPASS AND DAMAGE TO RAILWAY PREMISES

3. (1) The Corporation reserves the right to refuse to admit
any person onto the railway premises or any part thereof at any
time.

(2) The Corporation may open or close any entrance to or exit
from any station or platform or any other part of the railway
premises at such times as it considers expedient without incurring
any liability to any person for any loss or damage however arising as
a result thereof.

4. (1) No person, unless otherwise authorized by the Cor-
poration, shall--

(a)enter into or upon any part of the railway premises, other
than those parts clearly defined by means of notices,
indicators and other directions for the use of persons using
the railway; or

(b)enter or leave such parts other than by proper use of such
gates, barriers or turnstiles (if any) provided for such entry
or exit.

(2) Any person who, being without lawful excuse on railway
premises (or a particular part thereof) or being in breach of these
by-laws, refuses to leave the same on being requested so to do by any
official may be immediately removed therefrom without prejudice to
any penalty or surcharge which may be imposed in accordance with
these by-laws.

(3) A person shall be responsible for any injury, loss or
damage caused to the Corporation's property or staff or to any other
person or property by such person or by any article or animal
brought by him onto the railway premises and he shall indemnify the
Corporation from and against any liability to any other person
resulting therefrom.

5. No person shall improperly touch, use, meddle, damage or
otherwise interfere with---

(a)any machine or equipment, or any part thereof, used or
employed in or upon any part of the railway premises;

(b)any locomotive, train, carriage, truck or any other con-
veyance or any equipment thereon used or employed on or
in connexion with the railway..

(c)any electrical plant, overhead wiring or other form of
electrical installation or equipment of any nature what-
soever used or employed in or upon any part of the
railway.





6. No person shall permit or suffer any sewage, drainage or other
offensive matter to flow onto or enter or be placed on any part of the
railway premises.

7. No person shall deposit or throw, or cause to be deposited or
thrown, at, on or from the railway premises any glass. stone, missile or
any rubbish or other offensive or waste matter.

8. No person, unless otherwise authorized by the Corporation, shall
activate any emergency or safety device on the railway premises save
for the express purpose for which the same is provided and in
accordance with the instructions printed thereon.

9. No person, unless otherwise authorized by the Corporation, shall
enter or leave or attempt to enter or leave any train after the doors have
commenced to close.

PART 111

FARES AND TICKETS

10. (1) All tickets issued by or on behalf of the Corporation are
issued subject to these by-laws and to the Conditions of Issue.

(2) Any person to whom or on whose behalf a ticket is issued or
who otherwise acquires a ticket shall be deemed to have knowledge of
and to have agreed to these by-laws and to the Conditions of Issue.

11. The fares appearing in notices. lists or tables published from
time to time by the Corporation and posted at stations are the authorized
fares for travel upon the railway.

12. (1) The Corporation does not warrant that a passenger will be
conveyed on any particular train or that any train shall depart or arrive
at a particular time or times or that the issue of a ticket will be completed
before the departure of any train and the Corporation will not be liable to
any person for any loss or damage arising from any delay or detention
caused by the alteration, suspension or withdrawal of the Corporation's
train services (or a part thereof) for any reason whatsoever.

(2) The Corporation may at its discretion and without being liable
to any person for any loss or damage caused thereby

(a)suspend or discontinue the issue of tickets whether issued
from a ticket office or by an automatic vending machine;

(b)despatch any train from a station before the arrival of any
other train without affording the passengers in the arriving
train an opportunity to alight and board the departing train;
and





(c)suspend, discontinue or otherwise withdraw all or any train
services from any station on any day or suspend., discontinue
or withdraw the running of any train or alter the times of
departure or ai-rival of any train.

13. (1) No person who is the holder of a ticket shall enter, leave or
travel upon the railway otherwise than in accordance with the
Conditions of Issue.

(2) Every passenger shall leave the paid area within such period as
may be prescribed in the Conditions of Issue failing which he shall,
where he has no reasonable excuse for remaining within the paid area
after the expiry of such period, pay the maximum fare for a single
direction journey on the railway as specified in the Conditions of Issue.

14. No person shall, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse--

(a)enter or leave, or attempt to enter or leave, the paid area; or

(b) travel or attempt to travel upon any part of the railway.

without first paying his fare and obtaining the appropriate ticket and
using that ticket by inserting it into an automatic gate on entering or
leaving the paid area or otherwise producing it and delivering it up to an
official.

15. (1) If a person (other than a person who is under the age of 3
years) is within the paid area--

(a) without a ticket;

(b)with a ticket improperly damaged, altered or interfered with,

(c) with a ticket that has expired; or

(d)with a child/student ticket when he is not a child or student,

he shall be regarded as not having paid his fare and shall be liable

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both to pay a surcharge and to deliver up his ticket (if any) to an
official.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)-

(a)a ticket shall expire in such circumstances as are provided for
in the Conditions of Issue.,

(b)the expressions 'Student- and 'child' shall have the meanings
respectively ascribed to them in the Conditions of Issue.

(3) Any person who has paid a surcharge or delivered up his ticket
pursuant to the provisions of this by-law shall be entitled to apply in
writing to the Chairman or Managing Director of the





Corporation (or their appointed nominee) for a review of the
circumstances in which he became liable to a surcharge or to deliver
up his ticket and the said Chairman or Managing Director (or
appointed nominee) upon the conclusion of such review may at his
absolute discretion reject such application or may authorize repay-
ment of the whole or any part of the surcharge or the remaining
value on the delivered up ticket.

(4) Without prejudice to paragraph (1), any person holding a
ticket who travels beyond a station for which that ticket is valid shall
be liable to pay the excess fare specified in the Conditions of Issue.

16. (1) A passenger should examine his ticket and any change
tendered before leaving any ticket office and the Corporation shall
not be liable for any error or omission not drawn to its attention at
the time of issue of the ticket.

(2) A passenger using an automatic vending machine shall
insert not less than the appropriate fare in legal tender for the
purchase of a ticket. No passenger shall be entitled to any refund of
any amount in excess of the appropriate fare inserted into an
automatic vending machine.

(3) The amount (including a nil amount) from time to time
encoded on a ticket shall be conclusive evidence of the amount paid
in respect of such ticket and of the value (if any) remaining in such
ticket.

(4) Any person who is requested to do so by an official shall
produce to that official acceptable proof of his entitlement to any
special type of ticket.

17. (1) All tickets shall remain the property of the Corpora-
tion and must be produced at any time within the railway premises
on demand by any official.

(2) No person shall, without reasonable excuse, fail or refuse
at the end or sooner determination of his journey (or series of
journeys in the case of a multiple journey or stored value ticket) to
deliver up his ticket to the Corporation.

(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (2) shall be re-
garded as not having paid his fare and shall be liable to pay a surcharge.

18. (1) No person shall improperly do anything to or with a
ticket whereby-

(a)the coded data thereon is erased wholly or in part, or is
otherwise altered or interfered with; or

(b) the ticket is otherwise damaged.

(2) No person shall use or attempt to use a ticket which has
been improperly altered, damaged or interfered with for the purpose
of entering or leaving the paid area or travelling upon the railway.





19. No person shall, prior to leaving the paid area, fail or
refuse to pay any fare, surcharge or other sum leviable in accordance
with these by-laws.

20. (1) A ticket may only be refunded or exchanged at the
discretion of the Corporation. Any such exchange or refund may be
subject to the deduction of an administration charge prescribed in
the Conditions of Issue.

(2) The form of any refund shall be at the discretion of the
Corporation.

(3) The Corporation shall not be liable to issue a ticket in
replacement of a lost or unused ticket nor will it be liable to make
a refund In respect of any such lost or unused ticket or in respect
of a surcharge charged to any passenger in accordance with these
by-laws.

PART IV

CONDUCT OF PASSENGERS

21. (1) Every person while on the railway premises shall
comply with all notices, indicators and all reasonable directions and
requests of any official.

(2) Without prejudice to paragraph (1), if an official deter-
mines that a train is full, no person shall enter or remain therein if
directed by such official not to do so.

22. No person shall place his feet on any scat in any part of the
railway premises.

23. No person shall smoke or carry a lighted pipe, cigar or
cigarette in the paid area, or in any other part of the railway
premises where smoking is prohibited by notice.

24. No person shall-

(a) spit on any part of the railway premises; or

(b)place or throw any litter upon the railway premises, except
into receptacles provided for that purpose.

25. No person shall conduct himself on any train or in any part
of the railway premises so as to cause a nuisance or annoyance to
other passengers.

26. No person, unless authorized in writing by the Corpora-
tion, shall play or attempt to play a musical instrument. radio,
cassette recorder or similar device upon any part of the railway
premises.





27. No person shall-

(a)bring into or upon the railway premises any luggage,
article or other thing which cannot be carried or otherwise
accommodated on the railway without risk of damage to
railway property or without causing a nuisance or incon-
venience to other persons using the railway; or

(b)consume or attempt to consume any food or beverage
(whether alcoholic or non-alcoholic) within a train or the
paid area.

28. No person shall bring any animal or other livestock into or
upon any part of the railway premises (provided that this restriction
shall not apply to a guide dog accompanying a blind person).

PART V

HAWKERS, LOITERERS AND BILL POSTING

29. No person shall on the railway premises solicit engagement
in or for the handling or moving of passengers' luggage or shall
solicit alms or advantage of any description.

30. No person, unless authorized in writing by the Corpora-
tion, shall sell or expose or offer for sale any goods, wares or services
in or upon any railway premises, and sections 86, 86A, 86C and 86D
of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance shall apply
to an offence under this by-law as if such offence were a hawker
offence within the meaning of section 83 of that Ordinance.

31. No person not being a passenger or other person having
business in or in connexion with the railway shall loiter in or about
any part of the railway premises.

32. No person unless authorized in writing by the Corpora-
tion, shall-

(a)post, stick, paint or write or cause to be posted, stuck,
painted or written any placard, bill, advertisement or any
other matter; or

(b)distribute any book, leaflet or other printed matter or any
sample or other article,

on any part of the railway premises.

PART VI

MOTOR VEHICLES ON RAILWAY PREMISES

33. Except with the written permission of the Corporation, no
person shall leave or cause to be left any motor car or other vehicle
on any part of the railway premises or on any station approach road
or entrance being under the control of the Corporation.





34. (1) The Corporation may in such manner as it thinks fit remove
and detain any motor car or other vehicle in respect of which a
contravention of by-law 33 is committed and may charge the owner or
driver thereof all costs and expenses occasioned by and incidental to
such removal and detention without prejudice to any penalty incurred
by the contravention of that by-law.

(2) As soon as practicable after a vehicle has been detained under
paragraph (1), the Corporation shall serve on the registered owner (as
defined in the Road Traffic Ordinance) of the vehicle a notice informing
him

(a)of the detention of the vehicle and the place of detention; and

(b)that, unless the vehicle is removed from the place of detention
on payment of any costs and charges within 14 days after the
service of the notice on him, the vehicle shall become the
property of the Corporation free from the rights of any person
and may be disposed of by the Corporation by sale or
otherwise.

(3) If a vehicle is not removed in accordance with the notice served
under paragraph (2), the vehicle shall become the property of the
Corporation free from the rights of any person and may be disposed of
by the Corporation by sale or otherwise as it thinks fit.

(4) If, within 6 months after the day on which a vehicle is sold
pursuant to paragraph (3), any person satisfies the Corporation that at
the time the vehicle became the property of the Corporation by virtue of
that paragraph, he was the owner of the vehicle, the Corporation shall
pay to such person the balance of the proceeds of sale after deducting
any costs and charges of removal and detention and any reasonable
charges incurred by the Corporation in respect of the sale of the vehicle.

(5) A notice under paragraph (2) may be served personally or by
post.

(6) For the purpose of this by-law 'vehicle' includes the contents
of a vehicle and any load carried by a vehicle.

35. Vehicle drivers shall while in or upon any part of the railway
premises obey all traffic signs and signals and the reasonable
instructions and directions of any official.

36. No person shall drive any motor car or other vehicle through,
into or upon any part of the railway premises at a rate of speed or in a
manner liable to involve danger to others.

37. No person shall drive any motor car or other vehicle upon or
along any part of the railway premises set apart for the exclusive use of
pedestrians.





PART VII

FIREAMS, ETC.

38. No person not being a member of Her Majesty's forces., a police
officer, a member of the Customs and Excise Service or an officer of the
Independent Commission Against Corruption shall carry or have with
him on any railway premises any arms or ammunition.

39. No person not being an official duly authorized in that behalf
shall bring onto any part of the railway premises any substance or other
thing which is subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Goods
Ordinance.

PART VIII

LOST PROPERTY

40. Every person who finds any lost property in or upon any part of
the railway premises shall hand over the same to an official at the
nearest station, and no person other than an official shall remove from
any train or carriage any property lost or left behind therein, save for the
purpose of handing over the same forthwith to an official.

41. (1) All lost property which comes into the possession of the
Corporation shall be dealt with as follows

(a)perishable, noxious or otherwise offensive goods or articles
may be disposed of by the Corporation as soon as practicable
after they have come into its possession by sale or otherwise
as it sees fit;

(b)all other goods or articles shall be retained by the Corporation
for a period of 3 months after they have come into its
possession and, if at the end of that period they remain
unclaimed, they shall be deemed to become the property of the
Corporation free of all other rights and encumbrances, and it
may dispose of them by sale or otherwise as it sees fit.

(2) If within a period of 6 months of any sale or disposal by the
Corporation under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) the former owner or the
person formerly entitled to the beneficial ownership of the goods can
establish his ownership to the satisfaction of the Corporation, he shall
be paid, subject to his providing the Corporation with an indemnity in
such form as the Corporation may reasonably require, the proceeds of
sale (if any) less all expenses incurred by the Corporation of and
incidental to such sale or disposal.





(3) Save as provided in paragraph (2), the Corporation shall incur
no liability whatsoever to any person in respect of lost property as
bailees or otherwise and no claim for damages or compensation shall be
brought against it by any person in respect of the same.

PART IX

ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

42. (1) Any person who is reasonably suspected of committing or
attempting to commit any breach of these by-laws shall produce proof
of his identity to an official for inspection when required to do so by
such official.

(2) Every official shall have the power to remove (if necessary by
the use of reasonable force) from the railway premises any person whom
he reasonably suspects of committing or attempting to commit any
breach of these by-laws; and in the case where such breach is an
offence as herein provided he shall have power to detain such person
until he can be delivered into the custody of a police officer to be dealt
with according to law.

43. A person who contravenes a by-law set out in the first column
of the Schedule commits an offence and is liable to the penalty set out in
the third column of that Schedule opposite the reference to that by-law.

44. (1) Nothing in these by-laws and no prosecution or step or
action hereunder shall bar any further or other claim for damages or
other remedy or relief available to the Corporation against any person.

(2) Any sum leviable by or payable to the Corporation under these
by-laws or howsoever otherwise (Including., without limitation, any fare,
excess fare or surcharge) whether by way of debt, damages, costs, loss,
expense or otherwise shall be receivable by the Corporation or its lawful
agents as a debt due on demand and shall be enforceable as a civil debt.

45. The acceptance of a ticket by a passenger or person shall be
conclusive evidence of his agreement that each and every limitation and
exemption from liability afforded to the Corporation by these by-laws
shall extend to each official, servant or agent of the Corporation.

SCHEDULE [by-law
43.]

PENALTIES

By-law Summary of offence Penalty

4. Trespass S 1,000 fine.

5. Damage to railway premises, plant and S3,000 fine.
equipment





By-law Summary of offence Penalty

6. Sewage placed on railway premises S 1,000 fine.
7. Depositing or throwing of rubbish, etc. S5,000 fine and 6 months
imprisonment.
8. Improper use of emergency equipment S3,000 fine.
9. Wrongfully entering or leaving train 51,000 fine.
14. Entry and travel without a ticket S3.000 fine.
17(1). Failure to produce ticket S3,000 fine.
17(2). Failure to hand in tickets S3,000 fine.
18(1). Damaging a ticket S5,000 fine and 6 months
imprisonment.
18(2). Using a damaged ticket S5,000 fine and 6 months
imprisonment.
19. Failure to pay fares. etc. $3,000 fine.
21. Non-compliance with notices, etc. $1,000 fine.
22. Feet placed on seats SLOW fine.
23. Smoking $2,000 fine.
24. Spitting and litter SLOW fine.
25. Passenger causing a nuisance $5,000 fine and 6 months
imprisonment.
26. Playing musical instruments. etc. S1,000 fine.

27(a). Bringing prohibited items of luggage, etc. $1,000 fine.

27(b). Consumption of food or beverage SI $1,000 fine.

28. Bringing animals S 1,000 fine.
29. Soliciting, etc. $5,000 fine and 6 months
imprisonment.
30. Hawking $5,000 fine and 6 months
imprisonment.
31. Loitering S1,000 fine and 3 months
imprisonment.
32. Bill posting, etc. $5,000 fine and 6 months
imprisonment.
33. Motor vehicles left on railway premises $1,000 fine.
35. Failure of vehicle driver to comply with S 1,000 fine.
signs
36. Dangerous driving $5,000 line and 6 months
imprisonment.
37. Vehicles on certain parts of railway S5.000 fine.
premises
38. Firearms S5.000 fine.
39. Dangerous goods S5.000 fine,
40. Failure to hand in lost property S1,000 fine.
L.N. 175/86. Citation. Interpretation. Admission. Trespass. Damage to railway premises, trains, plant and equipment. Sewage etc. not to be placed on railway premises. Rubbish etc. not to be thrown on or from railway premises. Improper use of emergency equipment. Wrongfully entering or leaving trains. Conditions of issue of tickets. Fares. Tickets contain no warranty or acceptance of liability. Compliance with conditions of Issue. Entry and travel prohibited without ticket. Travel where ticket is lost, damaged or expired. Passengers should examine tickets and change. Handing in of tickets. Damaging etc. a ticket. Failure to pay fares, etc. Exchanges and refunds. Compliance with notices. Feet not to be placed on seats. Smoking prohibited. Spitting, etc. prohibited. Passengers not to cause a nuisance. Musical instruments etc. prohibited. Prohibition on taking certain luggage, etc. and consumption of food or beverage. Animals prohibited on railway premises. Soliciting for luggage handling, alms, etc. Hawking prohibited. (Cap. 132.) Loitering prohibited. Bill posting etc. prohibited. Motor vehicles not to be left on railway premises. Dealing with vehicles left on railway premises. (Cap. 374.) Vehicle drivers to comply with signs etc Dangerous driving. Vehicles prohibited on certain parts of railway premises. Firearms. Dangerous goods. (Cap. 295.) Lost property. Disposal of lost property. Removal of person from railway premises. Offences and penalties. Schedule. Saving of Corporation's rights. Liability of staff.

L.N. 175/86. Citation. Interpretation. Admission. Trespass. Damage to railway premises, trains, plant and equipment. Sewage etc. not to be placed on railway premises. Rubbish etc. not to be thrown on or from railway premises. Improper use of emergency equipment. Wrongfully entering or leaving trains. Conditions of issue of tickets. Fares. Tickets contain no warranty or acceptance of liability. Compliance with conditions of Issue. Entry and travel prohibited without ticket. Travel where ticket is lost, damaged or expired. Passengers should examine tickets and change. Handing in of tickets. Damaging etc. a ticket. Failure to pay fares, etc. Exchanges and refunds. Compliance with notices. Feet not to be placed on seats. Smoking prohibited. Spitting, etc. prohibited. Passengers not to cause a nuisance. Musical instruments etc. prohibited. Prohibition on taking certain luggage, etc. and consumption of food or beverage. Animals prohibited on railway premises. Soliciting for luggage handling, alms, etc. Hawking prohibited. (Cap. 132.) Loitering prohibited. Bill posting etc. prohibited. Motor vehicles not to be left on railway premises. Dealing with vehicles left on railway premises. (Cap. 374.) Vehicle drivers to comply with signs etc Dangerous driving. Vehicles prohibited on certain parts of railway premises. Firearms. Dangerous goods. (Cap. 295.) Lost property. Disposal of lost property. Removal of person from railway premises. Offences and penalties. Schedule. Saving of Corporation's rights. Liability of staff.

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