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Corporation

may prosecute in its name.

MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION BILL

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.

Regulations.

By-laws.

Further powers

in relation to regulations and by-laws,

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-

(i) the maintenance and operation of the Mass Transit Railway by the Corporation;

(ii) the work and conduct of employees of the Corporation;

(iii) 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-

(a) prescribing the terms and conditions relating to the use of its

railway services;

(b) controlling and regulating-

(i) the conduct of members of the public using the railway or on railway premises;

(ii) 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;

(iii) 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 section 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;

(b) 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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