Singapore legislation
Section 98
Section 98
Provision for motor or aircraft services
(1)
The railway administration may, with the approval of the President, establish and work or contract with persons to work on its behalf, any motor service or aircraft service, whether necessary or not, for the accommodation of its traffic, and may, with the like approval, make rules to regulate —
the routes upon which such services shall be run and the places to be served thereby;
the times at which cars and lorries are to run;
the type of traffic to be carried, the classification of articles and the rates to be charged for carriage thereof;
the manner in which any articles are to be packed;
the fares to be paid by passengers;
the services to be performed by the railway administration in connection with the collection and delivery of goods, parcels or passengers’ luggage conveyed or to be conveyed by railway; and
generally the use of such services and their working and management:Provided that no service established under this subsection shall be permitted to convey passengers between places within Singapore, but so that passengers may be conveyed on through journeys from or to any place within Singapore to or from any place outside Singapore.
(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 $100.
(3)
Any railway company which establishes and works or contracts with persons to work on its behalf, any motor service or aircraft service without making rules in accordance with this section shall forfeit to the Government a sum of $40 for every day during which such omission continues.