A BILL
To
Enclosure No. 4
Amend the Railways Ordinance.
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent
of the Legislative Council thereof.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Railways (Amendment) Short title. Ordinance 1978.
2. The long title of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendment of “railways" and substituting the following-
"the Kowloon-Canton Railway".
3. Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is amended by-
(a) inserting after the definition of "assistant general manager" the
following definition-
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"deputy general manager" means the person appointed by the Governor to act as deputy general manager of the railway;";
(b) deleting the definition of "railway" and substituting the follow-
ing-
""the railway" means the Kowloon-Canton Railway, or any
section thereof, and-
(a) all land within the fences or other boundary marks indicating the limits of the land belonging to the railway;
(b) all railway tracks, sidings or branches worked over for the purposes of or in connexion with the railway; (c) all stations, offices, warehouses, wharves, workshops, manufactories, fixed plant, machinery, and other works, which belong to, or are constructed for the purposes of or in connexion with, the railway; (d) all railway locomotives or other motive power, trains, rolling stock and vessels which are used for the traffic of the railway and belong to the railway or are hired or worked by or by the authority of the general manager;
(e) any extension of the railway in process of con-
struction; and
(f) all works connected with or for the purposes of the railway authorized to be constructed;"; and
(c) deleting the definition of "railway official" and substituting the
following-
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"railway employee" means the general manager, the deputy general manager, any assistant general manager and any other officer or employee of the railway.".
long title. (Cap. 99.)
Amendment of section 2.
4. Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced Repeal and by the following section-
Duties and
powers of
deputy or
3. Any duty or power required to be performed or exercised by the general manager by or under this Ordinance assistant general may be performed or exercised by the deputy general manager or an assistant general manager, if so authorized by the general manager.".
manager.
replacement of section 3.
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