THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 11, 1928.
(3) that the net proceeds of sale, if any, will only be accounted for or refunded by the administration within six months from the date of sale.
(4) that perishable goods if considered saleable may be sold after the expiration of sixteen hours from time of arrival; if other- wise, such goods will be destroyed.
(5) that the contents of all parcels must be truly declared.
(6) that any railway official or servant authorised by the Adminis-
trator in that behalf may examine the contents.
(7) that in circumstances deemed by the Administrator to be special parcels may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the Administrator may think fit.
(S) that articles required by the Railways Ordinance, 1909, to be
insured are duly insured.
59. Should goods of a higher class be falsely declared as goods of a lower class, the rate of excess will be the difference and in addition ten times the difference between the rates for the two classes.
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Rates for carriage of goods falsely declared.
Explosives declared as
goods.
60. If explosive or other dangerous goods are found to be declared as ordinary goods, the rate of excess will be the difference and in addition fifteen ordinary times the difference between the rate for ordinary goods and the rate for explosive or dangerous goods. If the false declaration is discovered in course of transit, the goods may be unloaded from the car and reloaded into another and the loading and unloading expenses thus incurred shall be borne by the shippers.
61. In the case of persons found smuggling goods the rate will be ten times the ordinary rate in the case of ordinary goods and fifteen times the ordinary rate in the case of explosive or dangerous goods.
62. In any case of emergency or railway accident the person appointed by the Administrator in that behalf or in his absence, or failing such appoint- ment, then the senior railway official present shall take such steps as may appear to him expedient or necessary. Every other person present shall assist such appointed person or railway official as far as reasonably may be. No person shall obstruct any other person assisting as aforesaid.
63. Nothing contained in these rules, and no prosecution, or step, or action thereunder shall bar any claim for damages or other remedy, unless the context so requires.
Smuggling goods.
Accident or other
emergency.
Saving of other
remedies.
Approved by the Governor in Council.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
R. BAKER,
Manager.
S. B. B. McELDERRY, Clerk of Councils.
5th May, 1928.
NOTE--Sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 32 of the Railways Ordinance, 1909, as amended
by Ordinance No. 28 of 1927, are,
(3) All rules made under this section, unless some other date be fixed by such regulation shall come into operation on the day on which such rules are made, and it shall not be necessary to publish such rules in the gazette.
(4) The administrator shall keep at each station a copy in English and Chinese of the rules made under this section and shall allow any person to inspect any such copy at all reasonable times.”
The Railways Ordinance, 1909, as amended, contains matter which would have been contained in the above rules if it had not already been enacted by the Ordinance : For the convenience of the public an introduction, containing extracts from the Ordinance, will be found with the Rules kept at stations.