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[No. 6-23.3.34.-1.]
C.S.O. 5125/11.
A BILL
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend further the Railways Ordinance,
1909.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong. with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be be cited as the Railways Short title. Amendment Ordinance, 1934.
as Amendments
2. Section 9 of the Railways Ordinance, 1909, amended by section 3 of the Railways Amendment Ordinance, 1927, is further amended:-
(i) by the substitution of the words "on him" for the words "on it" in the second line; and
(ii) by the substitution of the words "he shall" for the words "it shall" in the fourth line; and
(iii) by the substitution of the word "his' for the word "its" in the fourth line.
of Ordin-
ance No. 21 of 1909, s. 9.
of Ordin- ance No. 21
3. Section 30 of the Railways Ordinance, 1909, is Amendment amended by the substitution of the words and figures "or by any rules under section 32 (2)" for the words and figures of 1909, s. 30. "and the rules under section 29.”
of Ordin- ance No. 21
4. Section 68 of the Railways Ordinance, 1909, as Amendment amended by section 21 of the Railways Amendment Ordin- ance, 1927, is further amended by the substitution of the of 1909, figures "32 (4)" for the figures "67" in the third line.
s. 68.
5. The Railways Ordinance, 1909, is amended by the New section addition of the following section after section 45 thereof:
45A added to Ordin- ance No. 21
of 1909.
provision for
45A-(1) The administrator, or any person or persons Further authorised by him in this behalf, may detain any goods found on any train
(a) which are without any apparent owner; or
(b) which (not being bond fide passenger's baggage placed on the train by, or with the authority of, a railway official) have not been declared for freight.
(2) The administrator may, in his absolute discretion. either return any goods so detained, or any part thereof, to any person claiming to be the owner thereof, on such terms as he may see fit to impose, or declare such goods, or any part thereof, to be forfeited; and on making such declaration the goods declared to be forfeited shall be deemed to be the property of the Crown free from all rights of any person.
detention and
for feiture in certain
cases.