Railways Act 1905 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Legal Proceedings
32. Actions against railway administration, how brought
Feedback & supportIn the case of a railway administered by the Government or the government of Malaysia all actions and suits which, if the railway were the property of a company under the Companies Act 1967 having its registered office in Singapore might be brought by and against such company, may be brought by and against the manager.
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;
For the purpose of all such actions and suits the lands, buildings, rolling stock and other property appertaining to that railway shall be deemed to be the property of the manager.
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;