Railways Act 1905 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Management
67. Penalty for smoking etc., in prohibited places
Feedback & supportNo person shall smoke, expectorate or chew betel, bhang, tobacco, opium or other like substance in or upon any platform, waiting room, booking hall, office, carriage, passage, subway or footbridge or in any other place belonging to the railway where such smoking, expectoration or chewing is prohibited.
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 person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20 for each offence.
Any person who persists in infringing this section, after being warned to desist by any railway official or passenger, may, in addition to incurring the liability abovementioned, be removed by any official from any such carriage and from the premises appertaining to the railway and shall, if a passenger, forfeit his fare.
railway official
“railway official” includes all persons employed by or on behalf of the railway administration to perform any function in connection with a railway.