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(Cap. 9)
(132)
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(Cap. 123.)
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(b) the directions are not inconsistent with any provision of this
Ordinance.
21. (1) The Railways Ordinance does not apply to the Corporation, its property or affairs.
(2) The Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance does not apply to the Corporation, its property and affairs to the extent set out in the Schedule.
(3) The Building Authority may-
(a) having regard to the exceptional pature of building or other works connected with the construction or operation of the rail- way and
(6) on such conditions as he may specify, either generally or in any
particular case,
exempt from such of the provisions of the Buildings Ordinance as he thinks for such of those works as be may specify, but save as aforesaid the Buildings Ordinance shall apply to any building or other works carried out by or on behalf of the Corporation.
(4) Section 13 of the Summary Offences Ordinance does not apply to any noise made nor to any piling carried out by the Corporation or by any other person in connexion with the construction of the railway,
22. For the avoidance of doubt and without prejudice to any other Ordinance it is declared that the cailway premises is a public place for the purpose of the Public Order Ordinance.
23. Without prejudice to any Ordinance relating to the prosecution of criminal offences or to the powers of the Attorney General in relation to the prosecution of criminal offences, prosecutions for an offence under this Ordinance may be brought in the name of the Corporation.
(b) controlling and regulating
(1) the conduct of members of the public using the railway or on railway premises;
(i) a system for evidencing (whether by the issue of tickets or otherwise) the payment of fares on the railway and any contract of carriage of passengers thereon:
(ifi) advertising on railway premises!
(iv) the custody and disposal of property found on railway premises;
(c) protecting the property of the Corporation on railway premises. (2) All by-laws made under subsection (1) shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Council
(3) The Corporation shall cause printed copies of all by-laws made under subsection (1) to be kept at its principal office and to be available for sale to any person at a reasonable cost.
26. Any regulations made under section 24 or by-laws made under Fortber powers Bection 25 may
(a) provide that a contravention of specified provisions thereof shall be an offence and may prescribe penalties therefor not exceeding a fine of $5.000 and imprisonment for 6 months;
(6) confer authority upon employees of the Corporation on railway premises to detain any person reasonably suspected of having contravened this Ordinance and take such other steps as may be provided for in the regulations or by-laws (as the case may be) to ensure that such offenders are dealt with in accordance with law.
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27. Any regulations made under section 24 or by-laws made under Seizure and section 25 which provide that hawking on railway premises is an offence forfeiture of may also provide that all or any part of sections 86, 86A. 860 and B6D equipmed and of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance shall apply as if such commodities. offence were a hawker offence within the meaning of section 83 of that or (2) Ordinance.
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PART V
REGULATIONS AND BY-LAWS.
24. The Governor in Council may make regulations for all or any of the following purposes---
(a) controlling and regulating
6) the maintenance and operation of the Mass Transit Railway by the Corporation;
(i) the work and conduct of employees of the Corporation; dip the use of the railway by members of the public and their conduct while on railway premises:
(b) providing for the safety of persons using or engaged in work on
the railway:
(c) generally for effectively carrying out of the provisions of this
Ordinance.
25. (1) The Corporation may, under its common seal, make by-laws not inconsistent with this Ordinance or regulations made under section 24 For all or any of the Following purposes--
(4) prescribing the terms and conditions relating to the use of its
railway services;
PART VI
REPEAL AND TRANSITIONAL
28. The Mass Transil Railway Provisional Authority Ordinance 1974 Repral. is repealed.
(14 of 1974.)
babies.
39. (1) All property of whatever kind and whether movable or Transfer of immovable vested in or belonging to the Provisional Authority immediately us word before the commencement date of this Ordinance is as from such date transferred to and vested in the same interest in the Corporation without any further assurance and the Corporation shall have all powers necessary to take possession of, recover and obtain the benefit of such property,
(2) All obligations and liabilities of the Provisional Authority ¡m- mediately before the commencement date of this Ordinance are as from sich date the obligations and liabilities of the Corporation and the Cor- poration shall have all necessary powers to discharge the same.
(3) No stamp duty shall be payable in respect of any transfer of property under this section.
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