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No. 21 of 1909.
RAILWAYS.
Actions against the administra-tor, how brought.
Ordinance No. 39 of 1932.
Ordinance No. 3 of 1901.
Restriction against railway property.
Legal proceedings.
17. All actions and suits which, if the railway were the property of a company under the Companies Ordinance, 1932, 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 administrator 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 administra-tor confined to carriage within the Colony.
(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 on him personally or by post in a registered letter addressed to the manager at the principal office of the administrator.
(2) Where a summons, notice, order or other document is served by post, it shall be sufficient in proving such service to prove that the letter containing the document was properly addressed and registered.
Responsibility of the administrator as carrier.
20. The administrator shall not be liable for loss, injury, destruction or deterioration of animals or goods delivered for carriage by the railway unless such loss, injury, destruction or deterioration shall have occurred within the Colony, and in any suit against the administrator for compensation in respect thereof
* As amended by No. 28 of 1927 [23.12.27].
+ As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939.