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Season tickets.
Refunds on unused tickets.
Excess fare tickets.
Passengers may be removed
from trains.
Infectious diseases.
Accommoda- tion.
Children under three years of age.
Children below twelve years of age.
Cheques.
Time.
Reserved accommoda- tion.
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 11, 1928.
22. No season ticket holder whose ticket does not extend to the entire railway service shall use such ticket for a portion of any journey not expressly covered by such ticket.
23. Except as in these rules expressly provided, no refund will be granted for or in respect of any unused, expired or lapsed return portion of any ticket. Any refund made will be subject to a deduction of ten per cent.
24. Every passenger who pays any excess fare shall demand and obtain a receipt in due form therefor; every such receipt shall be deemed to be part of his ticket and shall be dealt with accordingly.
25. Any person found travelling without a proper ticket or who refuses to pay the authorised excess fares on the train may be removed from the train and from railway premises.
26. No person knowingly suffering from leprosy or from any of the following diseases,-
Bubonic fever.
Cholera.
Diptheria.
Measles.
Scarlet fever.
Small-pox.
Typhus fever.
Typhoid fever. Whooping cough.
shall, except in strict accordance with a written permit first obtained from the Administrator, resort to or come upon any premises of the Administrator, or travel, or attempt to travel, on any railway. No person who has charge of any person who has any such disease shall, without the like authority, aid or assist the person having any such disease to travel, or attempt to travel, on the railway. The issue of such permit shall be in the absolute discretion of the Administrator and such conditions may be attached thereto, and charges made for or in respect thereof as the Administrator shall think fit.
27. Accommodation on trains will, as a rule, be provided for first, second and third class passengers but the Administrator reserves the right to run trains under any conditions and with such accommodation as may in his judgment he advisable.
28. Children, if thought by the railway official in charge of the relevant train, or other official whose duty it is to issue, collect or examine tickets, to be three years of age or under, and if accompanied and cared for by a ticket holder, who may be another child holding a half fare ticket, will be allowed to travel free and without tickets. The claim of any aggrieved person to recover any fare paid for a child alleged to be under three years of age will only be considered upon prompt application being made to the railway official in charge of the revelant train. The decision of the Administrator upon every such claim shall be final.
29. Half fares will be accepted for children thought by the railway official or servant issuing the ticket to be over three years and less than twelve years of age. The claim of any aggrieved person paying full fair to recover half the sum paid by him will only be considered upon prompt application being made to the railway official in charge of the revelant train. The decision of the Administrator upon every such claim shall be final.
30. Cheques will not be accepted at any booking-office.
31. Zone time is used throughout the railway. Zone time is eight hours in advance of Greenwich time.
32. Reserved accommodation for all classes must be made the subject of special reference to the Traffic Manager and twenty-four hours notice be given.