Singapore legislation
Section 55
Section 55
General rules
(1)
The railway administration, subject to the approval of the Minister, shall make general rules for —
regulating the mode in which and the speed at which the rolling stock used on any railway is to be moved or propelled;
providing for the accommodation and convenience of passengers and regulating the carriage of their luggage;
declaring what shall be deemed to be for the purposes of this Act dangerous or offensive goods, and for regulating the carriage of those goods;
regulating the classification of goods and specifying the goods that are to be charged for at special rates;
regulating the conduct of the railway employees;
fixing the charges to be made for the conveyance of passengers, passengers’ luggage, parcels, goods, animals and vehicles by the railway;
regulating the conditions on which the railway administration will carry persons suffering from infectious or contagious diseases, and providing for the disinfection of carriages which have been used by such passengers;
regulating the terms and conditions on which the railway administration will warehouse or store or retain passengers’ luggage, parcels and goods at any station for or on behalf of the consignee or owner;
regulating the travelling upon and the use, working and management of the railway.
(2)
The rules may provide that any person committing a breach of any of them shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50.
(3)
The railway administration shall keep at each station on its railway a copy of the tariff book for the time being in force under this section, and shall allow any person to inspect it at all reasonable times.
(4)
Any railway company which omits to make general rules in accordance with this section shall forfeit to the Government a sum of $20 for every day during which such omission continues.