[Subsidiary]
Further provisions as to investigations,
Obstruction and failure to supply information.
CAP. 372] Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
Regulations
[1987 Ed.
(f) remove, or take measures for the preservation of, any machinery, plant or equipment for the purpose of making any test or inspection;
(g) take such measures as may be necessary for the preservation of evidence.
7. private.
(1) Every investigation by an inspector shall be held in private.
(2) A person summoned as a witness at any investigation shall be allowed such expenses as the Financial Secretary may determine, and such expenses shall be paid by the Corporation.
(3) The answer given by a person to any question put to him for the purposes of an investigation shall not be admissible against that person in any civil or criminal proceedings by or against him except where he is charged with perjury or with an offence under regulation 8.
8. Any person who-
(a) without lawful excuse fails to answer a summons under regulation 6(a) or to comply with a requirement under regulation 6(b) or (e);
(b) knowingly furnishes to an inspector acting under these regulations information that is false or misleading in a material particular;
(c) obstructs an inspector in the exercise of his powers under these regulations,
commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
Corporation to prepare and issue operating manuals.
9. The Corporation shall-
(a) prepare and revise from time to time as may be necessary, a manual or manuals of instructions setting out the practices and procedures to be observed to ensure the safe operation of the railway;
(b) ensure that every person who is engaged in the operation of the railway, whether as an employee, or as a contractor or agent of the Corporation, is made fully aware of the functions and duties imposed on him by the said instructions, and is provided with every manual in which those instructions are contained and such replacements thereof as may be necessary;
(c) furnish to the Chief Secretary such number of copies of every manual of instructions, and all amendments thereto, as he may require.