Section 19, The Proprietary Railways Ordinance

(1) If at any time after inspecting a railway, or anyrolling stock, an inspector is of opinion that the use of the railway, or of any specified rolling stock, will be attended with danger to the public, he shall state, in writing, to the Governor that opinion, together with the grounds thereof; and the Governor may thereupon order that the railway, or any specified portion thereof, be closed, or that the use of any specified rolling stock be discontinued, or that the railway, or specified· portion thereof, or the specified rolling stock, be used on such conditions only as the Governor may consider necessary for the safety of the public. In case of emergency an inspector may order the closing of any portion of a railway, or the discontinuance of the use of any rolling stock, without previous reference to the Governor, but such action shall immediately be reported to the Governor for confirmation. (2) An Order made under sub-section (I) shall set forth the grounds on which it is founded. {3) A railway, or any specified portion thereof, closed under this section shall not be re-opened until it has been inspected, and its re-opening has been sanctioned by the Governor. (4) No rolling stock the use whereof has been ordered to be discontinued under this section, shall be again used until an inspector has reported it fit for use, and the Governor has .sanctioned its use. (5) The owner of any railway acting in contravention of any Order of the Governor, or an inspector, under this section shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds for every day during which such contravention continues, and, in addition, any specified rolling stock used in contravention of any such Order shall be liable to forfeiture •. gO The owner of a railway shall, according to his powers, :ff rd all reasonable facilities for the receiving, forwarding, and delivery of traffic ~pon, and from, the several railways belonging O r worked by him. to ~~~ .. r_R~r)facilities. - ... ,._ •. "i The owner of a railway shall not make or give any undue Und£ue tJ • bl i' d . f f pre erence unreasona e pre1erence, or a vantage to, or m avour o prohibited. or particular person, or any particular description of traffic in a~~ respect whatsoever, nor subject any particular person or any a articular des?ription of t~affic to any undue or unreasonable ~rejudice or disadvantage m any respect whatsoever.