TRAMWAY.

No. 10 of 1902.

973

(d) for regulating the entrance to, exit from and accommodation in the cars, and the protection of passengers from the machinery of any car used on the tramway;

(e) for regulating the rate of speed of the cars: Provided that the speed as regards Sections Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 shall not (unless another rate be authorized by the Governor in Council under the authority of this paragraph) exceed the rate of 15 miles an hour, and as regards Sections Nos. 6 and 7, shall not exceed the rate of 20 miles an hour, and that no cars may pass through movable facing points at a pace exceeding the rate of 4 miles an hour;

(f) for the stopping of cars using the tramway;

(g) for providing for the due publicity of all rules relating to the tramway by exhibition thereof in conspicuous places; and

(h) for providing for the safety of the public in all cases in which it appears to the Governor in Council that such safety is or is likely to be endangered.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and to the furnishing to the Governor in Council of a true copy of every proposed rule one month at least before the same is made, or such period less than one month as the Governor in Council may agree to, it shall be lawful for the company to make rules-

(a) for preventing the commission of any nuisance in or upon any car, or in or against any premises belonging to the company; and

(b) for regulating the travelling in or upon any car belonging to the company.

(3) Rules made by the Governor in Council or by the company shall come into operation one month after their publication in the Gazette, or within such shorter period after their publication in the Gazette as the Governor in Council may order.

37. Any such rule may impose fines for offences against the same not exceeding ten dollars for each offence, with or without further penalties for continuing offences not exceeding for any continuing offence five dollars for every day during which the offence continues.

Penalties may be imposed in rules.

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