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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 16, 1909.
16. No railway shall be opened for the public carriage Certificate to of passengers until the Chief Resident Engineer has certi- Governor-in- fied in writing to the Governor-in-Council that :-
Council prior to opening
(a.) He has made a carcful inspection of the railway of railway,
and rolling-stock,
(b.) The works and rolling-stock are in a sound
condition,
(c.) In his opinion the railway can be opened for the public carriage of passengers without danger to tle public using it.
Legal Proceedings,
17. All actions and suits which if the railway were the Actions property of a company under “The Companies Ordinance against the 1865" having its registered office in the Colony might be railway ad- brought by and against such company may be brought by ministration
how brought. and against the Manager and for the purpose of all such actions and suits the lands buildings rolling stock and other property appertaining to the railway shall be deemed to be the property of the Manager.
18.—(1.) None of the rolling stock machinery plant Restriction tools fittings materials or effects used or provided by the on execution railway administration for the purpose of the traffic on against rail- ny railway or of its stations or workshops shall be liable Way proper- to be taken in execution of any decree or order of
any Court or person having by law power to attach or distraiu property or otherwise to cause property to be taken in execution.
(2.) Nothing in sub-section (1) is to be construed as affecting the authority of any Court to attach the carnings of a railway in execution of a judgment or order.
ty.
notices etc.
19. (1.) Any summons notice order or other document Service of required to be served upon the Manager may be served by summones leaving the same or sending it through the Post by a registered letter addressed to the said Manager at the principal office of the railway administration.
(2.) Where a summons notice order or other document is Effect of served by post it shall be deemed to have been served at service by the time when the letter containing it would be delivered in post. the ordinary course of post and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the summons notice order or other document was properly addressed and registered.
Responsibility of the Railway Administration as Carriers.
confined to
20. The railway administration shall not be liable for Liability of Joss injury destruction or deterioration of animals or goods railway ad- delivered to the railway administration for carriage by the ministration railway unless such loss injury destruction or deterioration carriage shall have occurred within the Colony, and in any suit within the against the railway administration for compensation in Colony. respect thereof the burden of proving, that any such loss injury destruction or deterioration occurred within the Colony shall lie upon the person claiming compensation.
goods,
21. The railway administration shall in no case be liable Liability for V for loss or injury to any articles or goods to be carried by loss or injury the railway unless such loss or injury shall have been in respect of caused by negligence or misconduct on the part of its agents or servants and unless the articles or goods in respect of which compensation is claimed shall have been hooked and paid for in conformity with this Ordinance or the rules and regulations made thereunder.
certain ani-
22.-(1.) The responsibility of the railway administration Provision as for the loss destruction or deterioration of animals delivered to liability in to the administration to be carried on the railway shall not respect to in any case exceed in the case of horses three bundred and carriage of fifty dollars a head or in the case of males donkeys or mals. horned cattle one hundred dollars a head or in the case of sheep goats dogs or other animals twenty dollars a head un- less the person sending or delivering them to the adminis- tration caused them to be declared or declared them at the time of their delivery for carringe by railway to be respect- ively of higher value.
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