Section 51, The Road Transport Corporation Act, 1964

Any person who shall defraud, or attempt to defraud.the Corporation (a) by travelling, or attempting to travel, on any of the Corporation's vehicles without having previously paid his fare; or (b) by continuing his journey in or upon any such vehicle beyond the stop for which he shall have paid his fare without having previously paid his fare for the additional distance; or (c) by attempting to evade the payment of his fare in any other manner whatever; or (d) by knowingly and wilfully neglecting or refusing, on arriving at the stop to which he shall have paid his fare, to quit such vehicle; or (e) by transferring, for profit or otherwise, the return half of any ticket obtained by him, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds. Refusal to 52. Where any person shall deliver to any servant of the give descrip- Corporation any goods to be carried by the Corporation, and i tion of goods, delivered to required to give an account of the quantity or description of such Corporation; goods, shall neglect or refuse to give such account, or shall wilfully and power to give a false account, such person shall be guilty of an offence and detain goods. shal! be liable on summary conviction to a fine not eXceenytwenty pounds; and it shall be lawful for any servant of tne Corporation to detain any goods which he has reasonable grounUfor suspecting are wrongfully described until he shall be satistied as to the nature of such goods: and the Corporation shall not Doliable for any loss arising in consequence of such detontion. No. 17 Road Transport Corporation 1964 $3. Any person who, by any unlawful act, or by the wilful Penalty for omission to do any act which it is his duty to do, causes the unlawYul act, safety of any person travelling in or upon any of the Corpora- of dutyor omission tion's vehicles to be endangered shall be guilty of an offence and endaneringshall be liable on conviction thereof to imprisonment for a term passengers. not exceeding twO years. $4, Any servant of the Corporation who, with intent to Demandingdefraud, demands or receives from any person liable to pay improper any fares, charges or rates imposed under the provisions of thig amounts. Act in respect of any matter, any greater o lesser amount than is authorised to be levied by the rules for the time being in force in tespect of that matter, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to imprisonmentfor a term not exceeding twelve months or a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or to both such imprisonment and fine. $5. (1) If a servant of the Corporation is in a state of Behaviour of intoxication while on duty he shall be guilty of an offence. servants of (2) Any person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall on summary conviction be liable (a) if any improper performance of his duty would be likely to endanger the safety of any person,to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or a fine not exceeding fifty pounds orto both such imprisonment and fine; A 141 (b) in any other case, to a fine not exceeding twentypounds. PART XIIILEGAL PROCEEDINGS