Railways Act 1905 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Construction and Works
18. Level crossings over public roads other than carriageways
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If a railway crosses any highway other than a public carriageway on the level, the railway administration shall make where necessary, and at all times maintain, convenient ascents and descents and other convenient approaches with handrails or other fences, and, if the highway is a footway, good and sufficient gates or stiles on each side of the railway where the highway communicates therewith.
railway
“railway” means a railway or any portion of a railway for the public carriage of passengers, animals or goods and includes —(a)all land within the fences or other boundary marks indicating the limits of the land appurtenant to a railway;(b)all lines of rails, sidings or branches worked over for the purposes of or in connection with a railway;(c)all stations, offices, warehouses, wharves, workshops, manufactories, fixed plant and machinery, and other works constructed for the purposes of or in connection with a railway;(d)all ferries, ships, boats and craft which are used for the traffic of a railway and belong to or are hired or worked by the authority administering the railway;(e)all engines, passenger coaches, and goods and livestock vehicles, or other rolling stock used for the purpose of carrying on the traffic of the railway;(f)all road vehicles used by or on behalf of or under contract with a railway administration for the conveyance of passengers, parcels, goods, livestock and vehicles; and(g)all aircraft used by or on behalf of or under contract with a railway administration for the conveyance of passengers, parcels, goods and livestock;
The manager shall be judge of the necessity in the case of a railway administered by the Government, and the Land Transport Authority in the case of a railway administered by a company.
manager
“manager” means the person appointed by the Government or by the government of Malaysia, or by a railway company, as the case may be, to act as general manager or manager of a railway;
Any railway company which fails to comply with this section shall forfeit to the Government a sum of $100 for every day during which the default continues.
railway company
“railway company” includes any person or persons, whether incorporated or not, who are owners or lessees of a railway or parties to an agreement for working a railway, but shall not include the government of Malaysia;