The railway administration, subject to the approval of the Minister, shall make general rules for —
railway administration
“railway administration”, in the case of a railway administered by the Government or the government of Malaysia, means the manager and includes the Government and also, so long as the railway is in the course of construction, the resident engineer, and, in the case of a railway administered by a railway company, means the railway company;
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.
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.
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.
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;
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.
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;