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No. 21 of 1909.

RAILWAYS.

Powers of adminis- trator.

*

Management.

32. (1) It shall be lawful for the administrator to do all things which may be necessary for the construction, maintenance and repair of the railway, and for the construction, maintenance, repair and renewal of the rolling stock, and efficient working of the railway, and particularly——

(a) to arrange the train service;

(b) to settle the time-tables and alter the same from time to time as may be necessary;

(c) temporarily to suspend the service either wholly or in part;

(d) to fix the speed at which the rolling stock shall run;

(e) to fix, and alter as occasion may require, the fares to be paid by passengers travelling on the railway and to issue tickets for the same;

(f) to fix the different rates payable for the carriage of various goods over the railway and to classify such goods and to alter such rates by either increasing or decreasing them as he may deem necessary from time to time;

(g) to issue and make charges for platform tickets;

(h) to reserve in any manner the whole or any part of the accommodation of any train, ferry, ship, boat, craft or vehicle used in or for the service of the railway;

(i) to grant licences-

(i) to porters other than railway servants to handle cargo, goods or passengers' baggage or luggage; and

(ii) to any person to use the railway premises, property and rolling stock, or any part thereof, for exhibiting notices, bills, posters, advertisements and announcements whether pictorial or otherwise; and

(iii) to vendors of fruit, goods or wares on railway premises or in any train,

and to make charges therefor and to attach conditions thereto;

* As amended by No. 28 of 1927 [23.12.27].