What is Rapid Transit Systems Regulations?

Rapid Transit Systems Regulations is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation RTSA-RG1 1995, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1995.

Is Rapid Transit Systems Regulations still in force?

Yes — Rapid Transit Systems Regulations is currently in force.

When did Rapid Transit Systems Regulations take effect?

Rapid Transit Systems Regulations was first recorded in 1995.

How many regulations does Rapid Transit Systems Regulations have?

Rapid Transit Systems Regulations contains 56 regulations.

Where can I read the official version of Rapid Transit Systems Regulations?

The official text of Rapid Transit Systems Regulations is published at sso.agc.gov.sg.

Rapid Transit Systems Regulations (1995, RTSA-RG1)

Regulation 1

Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Rapid Transit Systems Regulations.

Regulation 2

Definitions

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004S 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004S 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004S 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004S 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —“administrative charge” means such amount, not exceeding $5, as may be specified in the conditions of use;“authorised person” means any officer, employee or agent of the Authority, or of its licensee, acting in the execution of his duty upon or in connection with the railway;“bicycle” means a two-wheeled pedal cycle constructed or adapted for use as a means of conveyance, and includes a power-assisted bicycle;“conditions of use” means the conditions subject to which a ticket for travel upon the public transport system is granted, and which conditions are published from time to time by the Authority or its licensee or by a person appointed by the Authority or its licensee and posted at the railway premises;“fare” means the fare payable for a ticket for use on the railway granted by or on behalf of the Authority or its licensee or by a person appointed by the Authority or its licensee;“mobility scooter” means a vehicle that —

(a)

has 3 or more wheels and a footboard supported by the wheels;

(b)

is steered by handlebars;

(c)

has a seat;

(d)

is designed to carry an individual who is unable to walk or has difficulty in walking; and

(e)

is propelled by a motor that forms part of the vehicle;“paid area” means that part of the railway premises set aside for the use of fare-paying passengers and provided with ticket gates for the purposes of entry or exit;“passenger” means any person who obtains a ticket or on whose behalf a ticket is obtained, and who is lawfully within the paid area during the hours of business of the Authority or its licensee;“personal mobility device” means a wheeled vehicle that —

(a)

is built to transport people only (with or without carry‑on baggage); and

(b)

is propelled by an electric motor attached to the vehicle or by human power or both,and includes a skateboard, but does not include a bicycle, motor car, wheelchair (motorised or otherwise), mobility scooter, pram, stroller, trolley, inline skates or roller‑skates;“power-assisted bicycle” means a bicycle which can be propelled by means of an electric motor or an internal combustion engine;“ticket” means any form of authorisation issued by or on behalf of the Authority or its licensee, or by a person appointed by the Authority or its licensee, for the conveyance of any passenger on the railway;“ticket office” means any office, sales counter or passenger service counter operated by or on behalf of the Authority, its licensee or any person appointed by the Authority or its licensee, to grant a ticket;“train” means any train (or carriage or compartment thereof) owned by or in the possession of the Authority or its licensee;“unpaid area” means any part of the railway premises other than that which constitutes the paid area.

Definition

“administrative charge” means such amount, not exceeding $5, as may be specified in the conditions of use;

Definition

“authorised person” means any officer, employee or agent of the Authority, or of its licensee, acting in the execution of his duty upon or in connection with the railway;

Definition

“bicycle” means a two-wheeled pedal cycle constructed or adapted for use as a means of conveyance, and includes a power-assisted bicycle;

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Definition

“conditions of use” means the conditions subject to which a ticket for travel upon the public transport system is granted, and which conditions are published from time to time by the Authority or its licensee or by a person appointed by the Authority or its licensee and posted at the railway premises;

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Definition

“fare” means the fare payable for a ticket for use on the railway granted by or on behalf of the Authority or its licensee or by a person appointed by the Authority or its licensee;

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Definition

“mobility scooter” means a vehicle that —

(a)

has 3 or more wheels and a footboard supported by the wheels;

(b)

is steered by handlebars;

(c)

has a seat;

(d)

is designed to carry an individual who is unable to walk or has difficulty in walking; and

(e)

is propelled by a motor that forms part of the vehicle;

Amended byS 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016

Definition

“paid area” means that part of the railway premises set aside for the use of fare-paying passengers and provided with ticket gates for the purposes of entry or exit;

Definition

“passenger” means any person who obtains a ticket or on whose behalf a ticket is obtained, and who is lawfully within the paid area during the hours of business of the Authority or its licensee;

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Definition

“personal mobility device” means a wheeled vehicle that —

(a)

is built to transport people only (with or without carry‑on baggage); and

(b)

is propelled by an electric motor attached to the vehicle or by human power or both,and includes a skateboard, but does not include a bicycle, motor car, wheelchair (motorised or otherwise), mobility scooter, pram, stroller, trolley, inline skates or roller‑skates;

Amended byS 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016

Definition

“power-assisted bicycle” means a bicycle which can be propelled by means of an electric motor or an internal combustion engine;

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Definition

“ticket” means any form of authorisation issued by or on behalf of the Authority or its licensee, or by a person appointed by the Authority or its licensee, for the conveyance of any passenger on the railway;

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Definition

“ticket office” means any office, sales counter or passenger service counter operated by or on behalf of the Authority, its licensee or any person appointed by the Authority or its licensee, to grant a ticket;

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Definition

“train” means any train (or carriage or compartment thereof) owned by or in the possession of the Authority or its licensee;

Definition

“unpaid area” means any part of the railway premises other than that which constitutes the paid area.

Regulation 22

Meddling with plant and equipment

No person shall improperly touch, use, meddle, damage or otherwise interfere with —

(a)

any mechanical or electrical equipment or installation in or upon the railway premises, or any switch, lever or other device operating or controlling any such equipment; or

(b)

any locomotive, train, carriage, or any vehicle or equipment thereon used or employed in or upon, or in connection with the railway.

Regulation 23

Misuse of escalator or travelator

Amended byS 509/2010 wef 13/09/2010S 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 509/2010 wef 13/09/2010

No person shall —

(a)

without reasonable excuse, sit on any step or pallet of any escalator or travelator in the railway premises; or

(b)

sit or ride on any handrail of any escalator or travelator in the railway premises.

Subregulation 2

No person shall use, or attempt to use any escalator or travelator in the railway premises except to travel from one end of the escalator or travelator to the other by means of the escalator stairway or the travelator pallet.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

No person shall travel, or attempt to travel, upon any moving escalator or travelator in the railway premises in a direction other than the direction in which the escalator or travelator is moving.

Regulation 24

Repealed / deletedAmended byDeleted by S 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Regulation 25

Misuse of emergency or safety device

No person, other than an authorised person, shall activate any emergency or safety device on the railway premises, except for the purpose for which the device is provided and in accordance with the instructions printed thereon.

Regulation 26

Interference with doors

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

No person shall in any way interfere with any platform screen door or train door, or the operation of any such door, except —

(a)

in an emergency and by means of any equipment on or near which is a notice indicating that it is intended to be used in an emergency; or

(b)

where he is an authorised person acting in the discharge of his duties.

Regulation 27

Repealed / deletedAmended byDeleted by S 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Regulation 28

Damage to railway property

No person shall deface, damage or improperly remove any part of the railway premises or fittings, equipment or property upon the railway premises, whether belonging to the Authority or its licensee or placed therein with the approval of the Authority or its licensee.

Regulation 29

Causing obstruction and danger

No person shall place himself, or leave or place any animal or any object under his possession or charge, in or upon the railway premises so as to cause any obstruction, hindrance or danger to the Authority, its licensee or to any person using the railway.

Regulation 30

Repealed / deletedAmended byDeleted by S 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Regulation 3

Admittance

Subregulation 1

The Authority and its licensee reserve the right to refuse to admit any person onto the railway premises at any time.

Subregulation 2

The Authority or its licensee may open or close any entrance to or exit from any station or platform or any other part of the railway premises at such times as it considers expedient without incurring any liability to any person for any loss or damage arising as a result thereof.

Regulation 4

Fit state to travel

Subregulation 1

No person in an intoxicated or drugged state shall enter or remain on the railway premises.

Subregulation 2

No person who is in an unfit or improper condition to travel by passenger train, or whose dress or clothing is in a condition liable to soil or damage the railway premises or the dress or clothing of any passenger or to injure any passenger, shall enter or remain on the railway premises.

Regulation 5

Trespass

No person shall —

(a)

enter into or upon any part of the railway other than those parts clearly defined by means of notices, signs and other directional indicators provided for persons using the railway premises; or

(b)

enter or leave such parts other than by the proper use of such means as ticket gates provided for entry or exit, or by such other means as may be directed by any authorised person.

Regulation 6

Smoking, etc., prohibited in designated areas

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

No person shall —

(a)

smoke;

(b)

carry a lighted pipe, cigar or cigarette; or

(c)

carry or use any item or object which has a naked flame,in any part of the railway premises where smoking is expressly prohibited by notice.

Regulation 7

Luggage, etc., prohibited

Amended byS 571/2009 wef 20/11/2009S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 571/2009 wef 20/11/2009S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 571/2009 wef 20/11/2009

No person shall bring into or upon any part of the railway premises —

(a)

any luggage, article or thing which —

(i)

exceeds the dimensions or weight restrictions specified on notices posted by the Authority or its licensee in the railway premises;

(ii)

cannot be carried or otherwise accommodated on the railway without risk of damage to railway property; or

(iii)

causes a nuisance or inconvenience to other persons using the railway premises,except in accordance with such conditions as may be specified by the Authority or its licensee on notices posted by the Authority or its licensee in the railway premises; or

(b)

any item which is prohibited by an officer or employee of the Authority or its licensee at the railway premises or by notices posted by such person in the railway premises.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016

Despite paragraph (1)(a) but without affecting any other provision in these Regulations, a person may, subject to the conditions specified in paragraph (3), bring into or upon any part of the railway premises a single foldable bicycle or personal mobility device, provided that —

(a)

the foldable bicycle or the personal mobility device, if foldable, is folded and kept folded, with its longest side in a vertical position;

(b)

the dimensions of the folded bicycle, personal mobility device or folded personal mobility device (if foldable) do not exceed 120 cm by 70 cm by 40 cm;

(c)

if so required by an authorised person at the entrance to the railway premises, the wheels of the foldable bicycle or the personal mobility device must be covered so as to prevent any dirt on the wheels being deposited onto the railway premises or soiling the clothing of any passenger;

(d)

if the handlebars or pedals of the foldable bicycle or the personal mobility device extend beyond its frame, they are enclosed so as to minimise the risk of injury to any person or damage to any property; and

(e)

where the personal mobility device is propelled by an electric motor, the personal mobility device is switched off.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016

The conditions mentioned in paragraph (2) are as follows:

(a)

the person concerned must not remain in the paid area of the railway premises with the foldable bicycle or the personal mobility device unless the person is in the paid area for the purposes of using the railway;

(b)

the person concerned must not use or ride the foldable bicycle or the personal mobility device within the railway premises.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016S 571/2009 wef 20/11/2009S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016

An authorised person may require any person with a foldable bicycle or a personal mobility device to leave the railway premises with that person’s foldable bicycle or personal mobility device if —

(a)

while within the railway premises, the person with the foldable bicycle or the personal mobility device has failed —

(i)

to fold or keep folded his foldable bicycle or personal mobility device (if foldable), with its longest side in a vertical position;

(ii)

to cover or keep covered the wheels of the foldable bicycle or the personal mobility device so as to prevent any dirt on the wheels being deposited onto the railway premises or soiling the clothing of any passenger, when required to do so by any authorised person;

(iii)

to enclose or keep enclosed any handle bar or pedal of the foldable bicycle or the personal mobility device that extends beyond the frame of the bicycle or the personal mobility device as required under paragraph (2)(d); or (iv)where the personal mobility device is propelled by an electric motor, to switch off or keep switched off the personal mobility device;

(b)

the person with the foldable bicycle or the personal mobility device has failed to comply with any condition in paragraph (3); or

(c)

the authorised person is of the opinion that the foldable bicycle or the personal mobility device may cause inconvenience, obstruction, discomfort or injury to other passengers,and that person shall comply with that requirement within a reasonable time.

Subregulation 5

[Deleted by S 618/2016 wef 01/12/2016]

Regulation 8

Animals prohibited

Amended byS 509/2010 wef 13/09/2010S 509/2010 wef 13/09/2010

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 509/2010 wef 13/09/2010

Subject to paragraph (3), no person shall bring any animal into or upon, or allow any animal under his control to remain in or on, any part of the railway premises.

Subregulation 2

A person shall be responsible for any injury, loss or damage caused to the property or staff of the Authority or its licensee, or to any other person or property by such person or by any animal or article brought by him onto the railway premises and he shall indemnify the Authority and its licensee from and against any liability to any other person resulting therefrom.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 509/2010 wef 13/09/2010

The prohibition in paragraph (1) shall not apply to —

(a)

a guide dog accompanying a person with a sight or hearing impairment; or

(b)

a dog under the effective control of any police officer on official duty or any member of an auxiliary police force in uniform or any security officer (within the meaning of the Private Security Industry Act (Cap. 250A)) engaged by the Authority or its licensee to provide security at the railway premises.

Regulation 9

Dangerous goods

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

No person, not being an employee of the Authority or its licensee duly authorised in that behalf, shall bring into any part of the railway premises such dangerous or flammable substance or other thing as may be specified in the conditions of use.

Regulation 10

Sewage, waste and offensive matter

No person shall cause any sewage, drainage waste or other offensive matter to flow onto or enter or be placed on any part of the railway premises.

Regulation 11

Compliance with instructions

Every person while on the railway premises shall comply with all notices, signs and all reasonable directions and instructions of any authorised person.

Regulation 11A

Repealed / deletedAmended byDeleted by S 509/2010 wef 13/09/2010

Regulation 12

No entry into train when it is full

Without prejudice to regulation 11, where any authorised person determines that a train is full, no person shall enter or remain in the train if directed not to do so by him.

Regulation 13

Repealed / deletedAmended byDeleted by S 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Regulation 14

No consumption of food or drinks

No person shall —

(a)

consume or attempt to consume any food or drinks while in or upon any part of the railway premises except in such places as are designated for this purpose by the Authority or its licensee; or

(b)

consume or attempt to consume any chewing gum or bubble gum while in or upon any part of the railway premises.

Regulation 15

Spitting, littering and soiling prohibited

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Subregulation 1

No person shall spit on any part of the railway premises.

Subregulation 2

No person shall —

(a)

place or throw any litter; or

(b)

place or throw any chewing gum,upon any part of the railway premises, or into or on any fittings, equipment or property upon the railway premises, whether belonging to the Authority or its licensee or placed therein with the approval of the Authority or its licensee, except into receptacles expressly provided for that purpose.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

No person shall soil any part of the railway premises, or any fittings, equipment or property upon the railway premises, whether belonging to the Authority or its licensee or placed therein with the approval of the Authority or its licensee.

Regulation 16

Repealed / deletedAmended byDeleted by S 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Regulation 17

Passenger not to cause nuisance

No person shall conduct himself on any train or in any part of the railway premises so as to cause a nuisance or annoyance to other passengers.

Regulation 18

Loitering prohibited

No person, not being a passenger or having business in or in connection with the Authority or its licensee or its tenant, shall loiter or remain in or upon any part of the railway premises.

Regulation 19

Missiles, etc., not to be thrown on or from railway premises

No person shall throw, drop or deposit, or cause to be thrown, dropped or deposited on, into or from the railway premises any missile or thing capable of injuring, damaging, endangering or inconveniencing any person or property.

Regulation 20

Certain areas of train not accessible to passengers

No person, other than an authorised person, shall mount or enter or attempt to mount or enter any train or part thereof, except on such part as is provided for the carriage of passengers.

Regulation 21

Hawking, begging, touting, etc., prohibited

No person, while in or upon the railway premises shall, without the written permission of the Authority or its licensee —

(a)

tout or solicit alms, rewards or employment of any description;

(b)

sell or offer for sale any article or goods, or carry on any business; or

(c)

display, exhibit or distribute any book or printed, written or pictorial matter or any such samples for the purpose of advertising or publicity.

Regulation 31

Loss of ticket and transfer of article or goods

Amended byS 344/2008 wef 04/07/2008

Subregulation 1

Where a person in the paid area has, on his own initiative, reported that he has lost his ticket and has satisfied the Authority, its licensee or any person appointed by the Authority or its licensee of the loss, he shall pay to the Authority, its licensee or the appointed person an administrative charge and upon such payment, he shall be allowed to leave the paid area.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 344/2008 wef 04/07/2008

No person shall for the purpose of any trade or business transfer any article or goods between the paid area and unpaid area unless the article or goods is taken by a person through a ticket gate.

Regulation 32

Conditions of use of tickets

Subregulation 1

All tickets are granted subject to these Regulations, section 24C of the Public Transport Council Act (Cap. 259B), and to the conditions of use.

Subregulation 2

Any person to whom or on whose behalf a ticket is granted, or who otherwise acquires a ticket, shall be deemed to have knowledge of and to have agreed to these Regulations and to the conditions of use.

Regulation 33

Fares

The fares appearing in notices, lists or tables published from time to time by the Authority or its licensee and posted at the stations shall be the authorised fares for travel upon the railway.

Regulation 34

Compliance with conditions of use of tickets

Subregulation 1

No person who is the holder of a ticket shall leave or travel upon the railway otherwise than in accordance with the conditions of use.

Subregulation 2

Every passenger shall leave the paid area within such period as may be prescribed in the conditions of use, failing which he shall, where he has no reasonable excuse for remaining in the paid area after the expiry of such period, pay an administrative charge.

Regulation 35

Repealed / deletedAmended byDeleted by S 344/2008 wef 04/07/2008

Regulation 36

Tickets contain no warranty or acceptance of liability

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Subregulation 1

The Authority, and its licensee or any person appointed by the Authority or its licensee to grant tickets do not warrant that a passenger will be conveyed on any particular train or that any train shall depart or arrive at a particular time or that the grant of a ticket will be completed before the departure of any train.

Subregulation 2

The Authority, and its licensee or any person appointed by the Authority or its licensee to grant tickets shall not be liable to any person for any loss or damage arising from any delay or detention caused by the alteration, suspension or withdrawal of the Authority’s or licensee’s train services (or a part thereof) for any reason.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

The Authority, its licensee or any person appointed by the Authority or its licensee may in its discretion and without being liable to any person for any loss or damage caused thereby —

(a)

suspend or discontinue the grant of tickets (whether granted at a ticket office or through an automatic vending machine);

(b)

despatch any train from a station before the arrival of any other train without affording the passengers in the arriving train an opportunity to alight and board the departing train; and

(c)

suspend, discontinue or otherwise withdraw all or any train services from any station on any day or suspend, discontinue or withdraw the running of any train or alter the times of departure or arrival of any train.

Regulation 37

Repealed / deletedAmended byDeleted by S 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Regulation 38

Damaging, etc., a ticket

Subregulation 1

No person shall improperly do anything to or with a ticket whereby —

(a)

the coded data thereon are erased wholly or in part, or are otherwise altered or interfered with; or

(b)

the ticket is otherwise damaged.

Subregulation 2

No person shall use or attempt to use a ticket which has expired or has been improperly altered, damaged or interfered with for the purpose of entering or leaving the paid area or travelling upon the railway.

Regulation 39

Travel where ticket is lost, damaged or expired

Subregulation 1

If a person is within the paid area —

(a)

without a ticket;

(b)

with a ticket improperly damaged, altered or interfered with;

(c)

with a ticket that has expired; or

(d)

with any ticket which he is not entitled to use,he shall deliver up his ticket (if any) to any authorised person.

Subregulation 2

For the purposes of paragraph (1) and regulation 38(2), a ticket shall expire in such circumstances as are provided for in the conditions of use.

Regulation 40

Repealed / deletedAmended byDeleted by S 344/2008 wef 04/07/2008

Regulation 41

Handing in tickets

Subregulation 1

All tickets shall remain the property of the Authority, its licensee or any person appointed by the Authority or its licensee to grant tickets and shall be produced at any time within the railway premises on demand by any authorised person.

Subregulation 2

No person shall, without reasonable excuse, fail or refuse to deliver up his ticket to the Authority or its licensee under regulation 39 or upon the expiry of the validity of the ticket.

Regulation 42

Failure to pay administrative charge

No person shall, prior to leaving the paid area, fail or refuse to pay any administrative charge leviable in accordance with these Regulations.

Regulation 43

Repealed / deletedAmended byDeleted by S 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Regulation 44

Motor vehicles not to be left on railway premises

Except with the written permission of the Authority or its licensee, no person shall leave or cause to be left any motor car or other vehicle on any part of the railway premises or on any station approach road or entrance being under the control of the Authority or its licensee.

Regulation 45

Dealing with vehicles left on railway premises

Subregulation 1

The Authority or its licensee may, in such manner as it thinks fit, remove and detain any motor car or other vehicle in respect of which a contravention of regulation 44 is committed and may charge the owner or driver thereof all costs and expenses occasioned by and incidental to the removal and detention without prejudice to any penalty incurred by the contravention of that regulation.

Subregulation 2

As soon as practicable after a vehicle has been detained under paragraph (1), the Authority or its licensee shall serve, personally or by post, on the registered owner of the vehicle a notice informing him of the detention of the vehicle and the place of detention.

Regulation 46

Vehicle drivers to comply with signs, etc.

Vehicle drivers shall, while in or upon any part of the railway premises, obey all traffic signs and signals and the reasonable instructions and directions of any authorised person.

Regulation 47

Dangerous driving

No person shall drive any motor car or other vehicle through, into or upon any part of the railway premises at a rate of speed or in a manner liable to involve danger to others.

Regulation 48

Vehicles prohibited on certain parts of railway premises

No person shall drive any motor car or other vehicle upon or along any part of the railway premises set apart for the exclusive use of pedestrians.

Regulation 49

Lost property to be handed over

Subregulation 1

Every person who finds any lost property in or upon any part of the railway premises shall hand over the property to any authorised person at the nearest station.

Subregulation 2

No person other than an authorised person shall remove from any part of the railway premises any property lost or left behind therein, except for the purpose of handing over the property to an authorised person.

Regulation 50

Disposal of lost property

Amended byS 460/99 wef 21/10/1999

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 460/99 wef 21/10/1999

Any lost property which comes into the possession of the Authority or its licensee shall be dealt with as follows:

(a)

perishable, noxious or otherwise offensive goods or articles may be disposed of by the Authority or its licensee as soon as practicable after they have come into its possession by sale or otherwise as it sees fit; and

(b)

all other goods or articles shall be retained by the Authority or its licensee for a period of 3 months after they have come into its possession and, if at the end of that period they remain unclaimed, the Authority or its licensee may dispose of them by sale or otherwise as it sees fit.

Subregulation 2

If within a period of 6 months of any sale or disposal by the Authority or its licensee under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) the former owner or the person formerly entitled to the beneficial ownership of the goods can establish his ownership to the satisfaction of the Authority or its licensee, he shall be paid, subject to his providing the Authority or its licensee with an indemnity in such form as the Authority or its licensee may reasonably require, the proceeds of sale (if any) less all expenses incurred by the Authority or its licensee of and incidental to such sale or disposal.

Subregulation 3

The Authority and its licensee shall have no liability in respect of any lost property as bailees or otherwise and no claim for damages or compensation shall be brought against the Authority or its licensee in respect of that property.

Regulation 51

Removal of persons from railway

Any employee of the Authority or its licensee shall have the power to remove from the railway premises any person whom he reasonably suspects of committing or attempting to commit any breach of these Regulations.

Regulation 52

Offences and penalties

A person who contravenes any regulation set out in the first column of the Schedule shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to the penalty set out in the third column of the Schedule opposite the reference to that regulation.

Regulation 53

Composition of offences

Amended byS 72/2019 wef 02/01/2019

Offences under regulations 5 to 8, 11,12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 26, 31, 38, 44, 46 and 49, and regulation 50A as in force before 2 January 2019, may be compounded in accordance with section 44 of the Act.

Regulation 54

Saving of Authority’s rights

Nothing in these Regulations and no prosecution or step or action hereunder shall bar any further or other claim for damages or other remedy or relief available to the Authority or its licensee against any person.

Regulation 55

Liability of staff

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Where a passenger or person accepts a ticket, he shall be treated as having agreed that each and every limitation and exemption from liability afforded by these Regulations to the Authority, its licensee or any person appointed by the Authority or its licensee to grant a ticket, shall extend to each official, employee or agent of the Authority, its licensee or any person appointed by the Authority or its licensee to grant tickets.

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