Railways Act 1905 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Management
78. Penalty for driving an animal upon or across a railway
Feedback & supportAny person who wilfully rides, leads or drives upon or across a railway any animal, except in directly crossing the railway at any road or place appointed for that purpose at a time at which he may lawfully do so, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $40 for each offence.
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;