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No. 21 of 1909.

RAILWAYS.

named in the order and not being a witness on either side, and may make any order with respect to the costs of the examination as it or he thinks fit.

General rules.

Penalty for breach of any rule.

Management.

32.(1) The administration, subject to the approval of the Governor-in-Council, may make general rules for the following purposes-

(a) for regulating the mode in which and the speed at which the rolling-stock used on any railway is to be moved or propelled;

(b) for providing for the accommodation and convenience of passengers and regulating the carriage of their luggage;

(c) for declaring what shall be deemed to be for the purposes of this Ordinance dangerous or offensive goods and for regulating the carriage of such goods;

(d) for regulating the classification of goods and specifying those that are to be charged for at special rates;

(e) for regulating the conduct of the railway officials;

(f) for fixing the charges to be made for the conveyance of passengers and goods by the railway, and for granting exemptions from such charges;

(g) for regulating the conditions on which the administration will carry persons suffering from infectious or contagious diseases, and providing for the disinfection of carriages which have been used for such purposes or for carrying corpses;

(h) for regulating the terms and conditions on which the administration will warehouse or retain goods at any station on behalf of the consignee or owner;

(i) for regulating the sale of all tickets, and appointing agents of the railway to sell such tickets upon commission or otherwise;

(j) generally, for regulating the travelling upon, and the use, working, and management of the railway.

(2) The rules may provide that any person committing any breach thereof shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 25 dollars.

* As amended by No. 44 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, No. 12 of 1912, No. 13 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.