1989 Ed.]
Peak Tramway By-laws
[CAP. 265
B9
[Subsidiary]
(a) perishable, noxious or otherwise offensive goods or articles may be disposed of by the Company as soon as practicable after they have come into its possession by sale or otherwise as it sees fit;
(b) all other goods or articles shall be retained by the Company for a period of 3 months after they have come into its possession and, if at the end of that period they remain unclaimed, they shall be deemed to become the property of the Company free of all rights and encumbrances, and the Company may dispose of them by sale or otherwise as it sees fit and retain any proceeds of sale thereof, and no claim for damages or compensation shall be brought against it by any person in respect of such goods or articles.
(ii) Any person claiming ownership of any lost property shall be required to identify it to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company before the Company shall return such property to such person.
PART VII
ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES
29. No intentional obstruction
No person shall intentionally obstruct or impede any official in the execution of his duty upon or in connection with any tramcar or other property of the Company.
30. Removal from Company premises
Every official shall have the power to remove (if necessary by the use of reasonable force) from the premises, or any part thereof, any person whom he reasonably suspects of committing or attempting to commit any breach of these by-laws; and in the case where such breach is an offence as herein provided he shall have the power to detain such person until he can be delivered into the custody of a police officer to be dealt with according to the law. Where any person so removed shall have paid his fare he shall not be entitled to claim its return.
31. Penalties for committing offence
Any person who offends against or commits a breach of any of the by-laws set out in the first column of the Schedule commits an offence and is liable to the penalty set out in the third column of that Schedule opposite the reference to that by-law.