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RAILWAYS.

No. 21 of 1909.

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(j) to fix and vary from time to time the rates for the carriage [s.32 contd.] of any animals by the railway.

(2) Subject to the approval of the Governor in Council it shall be lawful for the administrator to make rules-

(a) for the general purposes of administration;

(b) for regulating the carriage of passengers and all matters connected therewith and the restrictions to be placed upon the carriage of persons who are lepers or who are suffering from any contagious or infectious disease;

(c) for regulating the receipt, transportation and delivery of goods to be carried over the railway and all matters connected therewith, together with the restrictions to be placed upon dangerous and offensive, perishable or fragile goods, or other classes of goods;

(d) for prescribing the terms upon which any goods or class of goods will be received for carriage by the railway;

(e) for regulating the receipt, transport and delivery of animals over the railway, and the terms upon which they will be received for carriage by the railway and the restrictions placed upon such carriage;

(f) for regulating the hours of employment and the work to be done by railway servants;

(g) for regulating the conduct and control of all persons working for or on the railway whilst on the railway premises, rolling stock or property;

(h) for prescribing the procedure to be followed in the case of accidents;

(i) for prescribing forms;

(j) for such other purposes as may be necessary to carry out effectively the provisions of this Ordinance.

(3) All rules made under this section, unless some other date be fixed by such rules, shall come into operation on the day on which they are made, and it shall not be necessary to publish such rules in the Gazette.

(4) The administrator shall keep at each station a copy in English and Chinese of the rules made under this section and shall allow any person to inspect any such copy at all reasonable times.