1786
Penalty for
defacing pass or ticket.
Penalty for obstructing railway
servant.
*
Occupation
crossings.
*
Liability of
owner of animal trespassing.
**
+
No. 21 of 1909.
RAILWAYS.
52. Every person who wilfully alters or defaces his pass or ticket so as to render the date, number or any material portion thereof illegible shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
53. Every person who wilfully obstructs or impedes any railway servant in the discharge of his duty shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
54. It shall be lawful for the Governor to declare by notification any road or path which a railway may cross to be an occupation crossing. All occupation crossings shall be used subject to such rules as the Governor in Council may make in that behalf. 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 by means of padlocks the keys of which shall be kept by railway officials. Every person desiring to use the same must give reasonable notice of his intention to do so to the station master of the nearest station. Cattle passing over the occupation crossing must not be driven but led by a suitable and properly secured halter. Every person using or attempting to use an occupation crossing without such notice, and every person causing cattle to cross without such halter, and the owner of any cattle so crossing shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
55. The owner of any animal which trespasses or strays upon the railway or upon any railway lands (such railway or lands being provided with suitable fences for excluding cattle) shall upon summary conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding five dollars for each animal, and it shall be lawful for any railway official to take or drive every animal which is found so trespassing to the nearest police station there to be detained until the highest amount of penalty incurred by such trespass and the expense of feeding and keeping the animal is paid, or until a magistrate shall otherwise order. Should the animal prove unmanageable, it shall be lawful for any railway official to kill it and the owner shall be liable to prosecution and fine if the trespass be proved.
*As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
1786
Penalty for
defacing pass or ticket.
Penalty for obstructing railway
servant.
*
Occupation
crossings.
*
Liability of
owner of animal trespassing.
**
+
No. 21 of 1909.
RAILWAYS.
52. Every person who wilfully alters or defaces his pass or ticket so as to render the date, number or any material portion thereof illegible shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
53. Every person who wilfully obstructs or impedes any railway servant in the discharge of his duty shall upon sum- mary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
54. It shall be lawful for the Governor to declare by notification any road or path which a railway may cross to be an occupation crossing. All occupation crossings shall be used subject to such rules as the Governor in Council may make in that behalf. 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 by means of padlocks the Every keys of which shall be kept by railway officials. person desiring to use the same must give reasonable notice of his intention to do so to the station master of the nearest station. Cattle passing over the occupation crossing must not be driven but led by a suitable and properly secured halter. Every person using or attempting to use an occupa- tion crossing without such notice, and every person causing cattle to cross without such halter, and the owner of any cattle so crossing shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
55. The owner of any animal which trespasses or strays upon the railway or upon any railway lands (such railway or lands being provided with suitable fences for excluding cattle) shall upon summary conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding five dollars for each animal, and it shall be lawful for any railway official to take or drive every animal which is found so trespassing to the nearest police station there to be detained until the highest amount of penalty incurred by such trespass and the expense of feeding and keeping the animal is paid, or until a magistrate shall other- wise order. Should the animal prove unmanageable, it shall be lawful for any railway official to kill it and the owner shall be liable to prosecution and fine if the trespass be
*As amended by Law Rey, Ord., 1924.
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