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SHORT TITLE.

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Schedule,-contd.

AMENDMENT OR REPEAL.

23. The

Railways Ordinance, 1909. (No. 21 of 1909), -contd.

(13) Section 21, as amended by Ordinance No. 28 of 1927, is further amended by the sub- stitution of the word "his" for "its" in the fourth line.

(14) Section 33, as amended by Ordinance No. 28 of 1927, is further amended by the sub- stitution-

(i) for sub-section (1) of the following sub-section---

“ 33.—(1) The administrator shall deter- Maximum mine the maximum load for every wagon load for

or truck in his possession and shall wagons and

con- trucks. spicuously exhibit and keep exhibited on the outside thereof the load so deter- mined ";

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(ii) in sub-section (2), of the words determine, exhibit and keep exhibited

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for "determine and exhibit" in the second line;

(iii) in sub-section (3), of the word "administrator" for "administration" ia

the third and fourth lines.

(15) Section 35-sub-section (1) is amended by

the substitution of the words

<

confirmed

to the fixed establishment for on the permanent establishment" in the third and fourth lines.

(16) Section 38, as amended by Ordinance No. 28 of 1927 the following section is sub- stituted-

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38.--(1) Every person who, with intent Offences in to defraud the administrator-

(a) travels or attempts to travel on a railway without having previously paid his fare; or

(b) rides in or upon a carriage of a higher class than that for which he has paid his fare; or

(c) having paid his fare for a certain distance, knowingly and wilfully pro- ceeds by train beyond that distance without previously paying the addi- tional fare for the additional distance;

or

(d) on arriving at the station to which he has paid his fare, remains upon the railway premises; or

(e) transfers or lends any pass or ticket or any portion of any ticket obtained by him to any other person; or

(f) in any other manner attempts to

evade payment of his fare,

shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

(2) The liability of an offender to punish- ment under this section shall not prejudice the recovery of any fare payable by him."

connexion

with fares.

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