Railways Act 1905 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Management
59. Maximum number of passengers
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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;
Any railway company which contravenes this section shall forfeit to the Government a sum of $20 for every day during which this section is contravened.
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;