THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 16, 1909.
60. Any person who wilfully does any act which is Breach of forbidden or neglects to do any act which is required by the rules. provisions of any rules framed under this Ordinance and for which no penalty is specially provided by such rules shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars.
offenders.
61. Every person who shall be guilty of any offence Apprehen- under this Ordinance may be lawfully apprehended without sion of any warrant or written authority by any railway official or by any other person whom such railway official shall call to his aid or by any Police Officer and every person so apprehended shall with all convenient despatch he carried and conveyed before a Magistrate to be dealt with according to law.
construction
62. In the construction of this Ordinance every railway Rules for the official shall be legally bound to do everything necessary for or conducive to the safety of the public, and every such of the Ordin- official shall be legally prohibited from doing every act which shall be likely to cause danger.
ance.
63. In case of any summary conviction under this Liability of Ordinance a Magistrate may order the offender to pay the offenders to pay costs of costs of such conviction in addition to any penalty or conviction.
be expenses to which he may be liable. Such costs may assessed by the Magistrate and may be levied and recovered in the same manner as any penalty imposed under this Ordinance.
expenses.
64. In every case in which any person shall be liable Recovery of under the provisions of this Ordinance to pay any sum of money due money damages or expenses the same may be levied and damages and recovered in the same manner as any penalties under this Ordinance and if necessary the amount thereof may be fixed and assessed by a Magistrate before whom the case shall be triel.
65. All actious and prosecutions which may be lawfully Limitation brought against any person for anything done or intended of time for to be done or omitted to be done under this Ordinance shall commence- be commenced within three months after the occurrence of actions and the matter complained of and not otherwise,
prosecutions.
ment of
66. The payment of any fare for which any passenger Enforcing not producing or delivering up his ticket is liable may be payment of enforced in the same manner as any fine imposed by this fare by pas Ordinance.
senger not producing ticket.
67. A copy of this Ordinance and of the rules time A copy of tables and tariff of charges in respect of the railway which Ordinance to shall from time to time be duly made and published shall be shown at
railway be exhibited in some conspicuous place at each station of stations. the railway so that they may be easily seen and read and all such documents shall be so exhibited in English. There shall also be exhibited in like manner within and also without each station of the railway a schedule in English and Chinese of all offences punishable under this Ordinance or any Rules made thereunder, and of the penalties attaching to each offence respectively.
or notices.
63. Any person who shall wilfully or maliciously remove Penalty for deface or in any way injure any document exhibited by the removing railway authorities as required by the last preceding section documents or any notice or document posted by them at the station or anywhere upon the railway shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding three months.
Passed the Legislative Commeil of Hongkong, this 15th -day of July, 1909.
C. CLEMENTI,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 16th day of July, 1909.
A. M. THOMSON,
Colonial Secretary,
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