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1778

Penalties for failure to

comply with ss. 28 or 29.

Compulsory medical

examination

of person injured in railway accident.

General rules.

No. 21 of 1909.

RAILWAYS.

30. Every station master or railway official who omits to give notice of an accident as is required by section 28 and the rules under section 29 shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.

31. Whenever any person injured by an accident on railway claims compensation on account of the injury, any court or person having by law or consent of the parties authority to determine the claim may order him to be examined by a medical practitioner 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.

Management.

32.-(1) It shall be lawful for the administration, subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, to make general rules for the following purposes :-

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

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

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

(e) regulating the conduct of the railway officials;

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

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

* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.

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1778 Penalties for failure to comply with ss. 28 or 29. * Compulsory medical examination of person injured in railway accident. General rules. No. 21 of 1909. RAILWAYS. 30. Every station master or railway official who omits to give notice of an accident as is required by section 28 and the rules under section 29 shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. 31. Whenever any person injured by an accident on railway claims compensation on account of the injury, any court or person having by law or consent of the parties authority to determine the claim may order him to be examined by a medical practitioner 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. Management. 32.-(1) It shall be lawful for the administration, subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, to make general rules for the following purposes :- (a) regulating the mode in which and the speed at which the rolling stock used on any railway is to be moved or propelled; (b) providing for the accommodation and convenience of passengers and regulating the carriage of their luggage; (c) 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) regulating the classification of goods and specifying those that are to be charged for at special rates; (e) regulating the conduct of the railway officials; (f) fixing the charges to be made for the conveyance of passengers and goods by the railway, and for granting exemptions from such charges; (g) 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) regulating the terms and conditions on which the administration will warehouse or retain goods at any station on behalf of the consignee or owner; * As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.

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1778 Penalties for failure to comply with ss. 28 or 29. * Compulsory medical examination of person injured in railway accident. General rules. No. 21 of 1909. RAILWAYS. 30. Every station master or railway official who omits to give notice of an accident as is required by section 28 and the rules under section 29 shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. 31. Whenever any person injured by an accident on railway claims compensation on account of the injury, any court or person having by law or consent of the parties authority to determine the claim may order him to be examined by a medical practitioner 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. Management. 32.-(1) It shall be lawful for the administration, subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, to make general rules for the following purposes :- (a) regulating the mode in which and the speed at which the rolling stock used on any railway is to be moved or propelled ; (b) providing for the accommodation and convenience of passengers and regulating the carriage of their luggage; (c) declaring what shall be deemed to be for the pur- poses of this Ordinance dangerous or offensive goods and for regulating the carriage of such goods; (d) regulating the classification of goods and specifying those that are to be charged for at special rates; (e) regulating the conduct of the railway officials; (f) fixing the charges to be made for the conveyance of passengers and goods by the railway, and for granting exemptions from such charges; (g) 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) regulating the terms and conditions on which the administration will warehouse or retain goods at any station on behalf of the consignee or owner; * As amended by Law Rov. Ord., 1924.

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