Railways Act 1905 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Management
73. Written account of goods to be given on demand
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The owner or person having the care of any goods which have been carried upon a railway, or are brought to the premises appertaining to a railway for the purpose of being carried on the railway, shall on demand by any railway official deliver to that official an exact account in writing signed by him of the number or quantity and description of the goods.
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 such owner or person who on demand by any railway official fails to give such account to such railway official, or wilfully gives a false account, shall for every such offence be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $40 for every ton of goods and to a fine not exceeding $20 for any quantity of goods less than a ton.
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.
This section shall not apply to passengers’ luggage.