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No. 21 of 1909.
RAILWAYS.
Actions against the administration how brought.
No. 58 of 1911.
No. 3 of 1901.
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Restriction against rail-
(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 the public using it.
Legal Proceedings.
17. All actions and suits which if the railway were the property of a company under the Companies Ordinance, 1911, having its registered office in the Colony, might be brought by and against such company may be brought by and against the manager, anything in the Code of Civil Procedure to the contrary notwithstanding, 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, tools, fittings, materials, or effects used or provided by the administration for the purpose of traffic on any railway or of its stations or workshops shall be liable to be taken in execution of any decree or order of any Court or person having by law power to attach or distrain property or otherwise to cause property to be taken in execution.
Service of summonses, notices, etc.
Effect of service by post.
Liability of administration.
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) is to be construed as affecting the authority of any Court to attach the earnings of a railway in execution of a judgment or order.
19.—(1) Any summons, notice, order, or other document required to be served upon the manager may be served by leaving the same or sending it through the post by a registered letter addressed to the said manager at the principal office of the administration.
(2) Where a summons, notice, order, or other document is served by post it shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post, and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the document was properly addressed and registered.
Responsibility of the Administration as Carriers.
20. The administration shall not be liable for loss, injury, destruction, or deterioration of animals or goods delivered for carriage within the Colony.
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* As amended by No. 13 of 1912.
† As amended by No. 12 of 1912.
§ As amended by No. 12 of 1912 and No. 13 of 1912.