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No. 21 of 1909.
RAILWAYS.
Alteration of the courses of rivers, etc.
Construction of drains or conduits.
Erection of buildings, etc.
Alteration or discontinuance thereof.
Other necessary works.
Control of Governor in Council.
Alteration of pipes, wires and drains.
*
+
Temporary entry upon land for repairing or preventing accident.
+
temporary or permanent inclined planes, arches, tunnels, culverts, embankments, aqueducts, bridges, roads, lines of railway, ways, passages, conduits, drains, piers, abutments, cuttings and fences as the administrator thinks proper;
(2) alter the course of any rivers, brooks, streams or watercourses, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining tunnels, bridges, passages or other works over or under them; and divert, widen, narrow or alter, as well temporarily as permanently, the course of any rivers, brooks, streams or watercourses, or any roads, streets or ways; or raise or sink the level thereof in order the more conveniently to carry them over or under or by the side of the railway as the administrator thinks proper;
(3) make drains or conduits into, through or under any lands adjoining the railway for the purpose of conveying water to or from the railway;
(4) erect and construct such houses, warehouses, offices and other buildings, and such yards, stations, wharves, engines, machinery, apparatus and other works and conveniences, as the administrator thinks proper;
(5) alter, repair or discontinue such buildings, works and conveniences as aforesaid or any of them and substitute others in their stead; and
(6) do all other acts necessary for making, maintaining, altering, repairing or using the railway.
The exercise of the powers conferred on the administrator by this section shall be subject to the control of the Governor in Council.
9. The administrator may for the purpose of exercising the powers conferred on him by this Ordinance alter the level or position of any pipe, conduit, drain, electric wire, or post: Provided that he shall give reasonable notice of his intention to do so to the person in control of the same, and shall execute the work to the reasonable satisfaction of such person.
10. (1) The Governor in Council may authorize the administrator of any railway in case of any slip or other accident happening or being apprehended to any cutting, embankment, or other work of the railway, or in case of any obstruction to the working of any railway, or danger arising or likely to arise therefrom to the safety of the railway or the persons or goods conveyed thereby, or in case of any accident happening or being apprehended to any engine, machinery, or other appliance used on or in connection with the railway, to enter upon and take possession of any land adjacent or near to the railway, and to do all such works as may be necessary for the repair or prevention of such accident or obstruction or for the removal of such danger.
* As amended by No. 28 of 1927 [23.12.27].
+ As amended by No. 5 of 1934 [6.4.34].
+ As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939.
II12
No. 21 of 1909.
RAILWAYS.
Alteration of the courses of rivers, etc.
Construction
of drains or conduits.
Erection of buildings,
etc.
Alteration
or discon- tinuance thereof.
Other neces- sary works.
Control of
Governor in Council.
Alteration of pipes, wires
and drains.
*
+
Temporary entry upon land for re- pairing or preventing accident.
+
temporary or permanent inclined planes, arches, tunnels, culverts, embankments, aqueducts, bridges, roads, lines of railway, ways, passages, conduits, drains, piers, abutments, cuttings and fences as the administrator thinks proper;
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(2) alter the course of any rivers, brooks, streams or water- courses, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining tunnels, bridges, passages or other works over or under them; and divert, widen, narrow or alter, as well temporarily as permanently, the course of any rivers, brooks, streams or watercourses, or any roads, streets or ways; or raise or sink the level thereof in order the more conveniently to carry them over or under or by the side of the railway as the administrator thinks proper;
(3) make drains or conduits into, through or under any lands adjoining the railway for the purpose of conveying water to or from the railway;
(4) erect and construct such houses, warehouses, offices and other buildings, and such yards, stations, wharves, engines, machinery, apparatus and other works and conveniences, as the administrator thinks proper;
(5) alter, repair or discontinue such buildings, works and conveniences as aforesaid or any of them and substitute others in their stead; and
(6) do all other acts necessary for making, maintaining, altering, repairing or using the railway.
The exercise of the powers conferred on the administrator by this section shall be subject to the control of the Governor in Council.
9. The administrator may for the purpose of exercising the powers conferred on him by this Ordinance alter the level or position of any pipe, conduit, drain, electric wire, or post: Provided that he shall give reasonable notice of his intention to do so to the person in control of the same, and shall execute the work to the reasonable satisfaction of such person.
10. (1) The Governor in Council may authorize the administrator of any railway in case of any slip or other accident happening or being apprehended to any cutting, em-
* As amended by No. 28 of 1927 (23.12.27].
As amended by No. 5 of 1934 [6.4.34]. + As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939.
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