Railways Act 1905 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Management
88. Penalty for drunkenness or breach of duty of railway official
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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.
is in a state of intoxication whilst actually employed upon a railway, or any of the works connected therewith, in the discharge of any duty;
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;
refuses or neglects to perform his duty; or
performs his duty in an improper manner,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100, and if the duty is such that the refusal or neglect to perform the duty or improper performance thereof, as the case may be, is likely to endanger the safety of any person travelling or being upon the railway, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $200 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.