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No. 21 of 1909.
By-laws regulating
the conduct of officers
and servants.
Imposition of penalties, and right of appeal to Governor.
Discretion of manager as to prosecution.
Limitation.
Fares to be passenger tickets to be given up on demand.
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RAILWAYS.
missed from the service of the railway, or, if already dismissed by the manager, shall be deemed to be finally dismissed without further appeal.
(2) The manager may make such by-laws as he shall think fit for regulating the conduct of the officers and servants employed on the railway. A copy thereof shall be given to every officer and servant affected thereby.
(3) The manager may by such by-laws impose such reasonable penalties upon all persons being officers or servants employed on the railway offending against them as he may think fit, not exceeding in any one month seven days' pay. Any officer or servant aggrieved by any such penalty as aforesaid may appeal to the Governor, whose decision shall be final.
(4) The imposition of penalties under sub-section (3) upon any officer or servant employed on the railway shall (subject to the appeal hereinbefore provided for) be wholly within the discretion of the manager, and should it appear to the manager that the offence or misconduct in respect of which any such penalty shall have been incurred would be better dealt with by a criminal prosecution, such prosecution may be instituted in lieu of the imposition of any such penalty.
(5) This section shall not apply to any railway official who is in receipt of a salary of one hundred pounds or one thousand dollars per annum or upwards.
36. No person, unless exempted from the payment of fare prepaid and by or under any general rule made under section 32, shall enter any carriage used on a railway or any steamer belonging to the administration for the purpose of travelling therein without having first paid his fare and obtained a ticket. Every person not so exempted desirous of travelling on the railway shall upon payment of his fare be furnished with a ticket specifying the class of carriage for and the station from and the station to which the fare has been paid, and shall when required show his ticket to any railway official duly authorised to examine the same, and shall deliver up such ticket upon demand to any railway official duly authorised to collect tickets. Every person not so exempted who does not produce or deliver up his ticket as aforesaid shall be liable to pay the fare from the place whence the train or steamer originally started unless he can prove
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.