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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 2, 1909.

Penalty for giving no account or false

account,

Carriage of goods of a dangerous nature.

Persons suffering

&c. not allowed to travel.

47. If any such owner or person as aforesaid shall ou demand by any railway official fail to give such account to such railway official or if he shall wilfully give a false account he shall for every such offence be liable on sum- mary conviction to a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars for every ton of goods and to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars for any quantity of goods less than a ton,

43. No person shall carry upon a railway any dangerous article or be entitled to require any railway official to carry upon the railway any article which in the judgment of any railway official shall be of a dangerous nature or so bulky that it would be unsafe for the railway to convey the same; and if any person shall carry upon the railway any dangerous article or shall deliver for carriage any such article without distinctly declaring the nature of the same he shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars for every such offence; and it shall be law- ful for any railway official to refuse to carry any luggage or parcel that may be suspected to contain articles of a dangerous nature and to require the same to be opened and in case any such luggage or parcel shall have been received any railway official for the purpose of being carried on the railway it shall be lawful for any railway official to stop the transit thereof until he shall be satisfied as to the nature of the contents of the luggage or parcel.

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49 If any person knowingly suffering from leprosy small-pox or other contagious or infectious disease shall from leprosy travel by the railway except in accordance with any rules made in that behalf under this Ordinance he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a penalty not excceding two hundred and fifty dollars and if any person whilst travelling be discovered to be so suffering it shall be lawful for every railway official to remove him from the carriage and from the railway premises at the first opportunity and such person may in addition to any penalty be ordered to pay the amount of any expenses incurred in the disinfection of any carriage or portion of a carriage occupied by him while so travelling. Any such carriage or portion of a carriage shall be properly disinfected as soon as practicable and shall not be used for the con- veyance of passengers till it has been so disinfected,

Penalty for tresp. 88.

Penalty for driving an

or across a

50. Any person who shall trespass upon a railway or upon any of the lands stations or other premises appertain- ing thereto shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars, and if any such person shall refuse to leave the railway or premises on being requested to do so by any railway official such person may be immediately removed therefrom and he shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars.

51. Any person who shall wilfully ride lead or drive upon or across railway any animal except in directly animal upon crossing the railway at any road or place appointed for that railway.

purpose at a time at which he may lawfully do so or who shall tether any animal upon or within reach of any rail- way shall on summary conviction be liable to à penalty not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence.

Penalty for defacing pass or ticket.

52. If any person wilfully alters or defates his pass or ticket so as to render the date number or any material portion thereof illegible he shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.

Penalty for 53. If any person wilfully obstructs or impedes any obstructing railway servant in the discharge of his duty he shall be railway liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding servant.

one hundred dollars,

Occupation crossings.

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54. It shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to declare by publication in the Gazette any road or path which a railway may cross to be au occupation crossing". All occupation crossings shall be used subject to such Rules as the Governor-in-Council may make in that behalf all such Rules shall be published in the Gazette. The following provisions are subject to be modified by such Rules as aforesaid. The gates of occupation crossings are not to close across the railway and are to be kept locked

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