RAILWAYS.
No. 21 of 1909.
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(4) An appeal to the Governor shall lie from any penalty imposed by the manager under this section.
(5) Every appeal to the Governor under this section shall be by a written petition setting forth the facts complained of and such petition shall be sent to the Colonial Secretary not later than fourteen days after the commission of the act giving the right to appeal.
(6) This section shall not apply to any person who is in receipt of a yearly salary of two hundred pounds or two thousand dollars or upwards.
passenger tickets to be given up on demand.
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36. No person, unless exempted from the payment of fare by or under any general rule made under section 32, shall enter any carriage used on a railway or any steamer belonging to the administrator 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 authorized to examine the same, and shall deliver up such ticket upon demand to any railway official duly authorized 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 that he has travelled a less distance, in which case he shall be liable to pay the fare only from the place whence he has travelled.
37. The fare or freight paid for the conveyance of passengers or goods respectively shall be deemed to be accepted only upon condition that there is room in the trains. In case there is not room for all the passengers or goods, those passengers who have tickets for the longest distance shall have the preference, and those who have tickets for the same distance shall have the preference according to the order in which they have received their tickets; and the like order shall be observed as to goods: Provided that all officers and troops on duty and all other persons travelling on the business of the Government shall be entitled to priority over the public without reference to the distance for which or the order in which they have received their tickets.
* As amended by No. 28 of 1927 [23.12.27].