THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 11, 1928.
12. The holder of a ticket for whom there is no accommodation of the class indicated by his ticket may either :-
(1) elect to take lower class accommodation, in which case the differ-
ence in fare will be refunded; or
(2) return his ticket, complete and undefaced, and obtain a refund. of the fare paid therefor; provided that such return be made within an hour of the departure of the relevant train; or use his ticket by any succeeding train not later than the day following the day of issue; provided that if any date appear- ing on the ticket is to be changed, he produces such ticket to the booking-office of issue for noting.
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Want of accommoda- tion.
into a higher class.
13. Passengers, while travelling, may have their tickets made available Changing for a higher class of carriage, on application to the guard and on payment of the difference in fare. In all such cases the passenger will be given a special excess fare ticket, as his permit to travel in the higher class.
When a passenger, before commencing his journey, wishes to change his ticket for one of a higher class, and pays the difference of fare, the original ticket will be exchanged for a fresh ticket, available for the higher class car- riage.
14. A season ticket holder travelling in a higher class of carriage than that for which his ticket is available shall be regarded as holding an ordinary single ticket for the class indicated in his season ticket.
15. Any passenger left behind at any station on account of sickness or because he is unable on any other account considered by the Administrator to be good and sufficient cause, to use his ticket. may, on prompt communica- tion being made to the Traffic Manager, have his ticket made available for a subsequent date.
16. Except as provided in these rules any ticket not used on the day, within the period, or for the journey for which it was issued, shall lapse and shall be deemed to be cancelled.
17. If a passenger be found travelling with a ticket so mutilated that the number or date cannot be deciphered, he will be regarded as not having paid his fair
18. All tickets are and shall remain the property of the Administrator. No person other than a person duly authorized by the Administrator in that behalf shall sell or attempt to sell or offer for sale any pass, ticket or return portion of any ticket and no person shall transfer or attempt or offer to transfer his pass or ticket, or return portion of any ticket, by gift, sale or other dispo-
sition.
19. No passenger, unless he join the train at a stopping-place where tickets are not issued, or unless he be the then holder of an ordinary full fare ticket to the intermediate station at which he alights and also re-books at the full ordinary rate without deriving any advantage as regards fare by the double booking, shall take a ticket at any intermediate station for the pur- pose of continuing his journey in the same train as that in which he shall have arrived at such station.
Season ticket holder travel- ling in a higher class carriage.
Passenger left behind.
Unused tickets to Japse.
Mutilated tickets.
Tickets not transferable.
Booking at Intermediate stations to continue journey by same train.
Tickets only to be used
20. No ticket, whether single or return, shall be used by a passenger for a journey other than that between the stations named thereon, and only between to a station between those so named if the passenger, by so using the ticket, derive no advantage as regards fare.
stations
named thereon.
21. No person shall use his ticket, either single or return, for any other Breaking than an unbroken journey (necessary changes excepted) between the stations named thereon.
journey at intermediate stations.
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