Section 25, The Proprietary Railways Ordinance

(I) The owner of a railway may, from time to time, makerules with regard to all or any of the following matters, that is to say- (a) the guidance and conduct of the officers and workmen employed in the construction, maintenance and working of the railway; (b) preventing the commission of any offences or nuisances in, on, or about any of the stations, works, plant, or premises of the railway; (c) the prevention of trespasses upon, or injury to, the roadways, stations, works, plant, buildings or premises attached or belonging to the railway; (d) regulating the charges to be paid by, and the conduct of, persons travelling upon the railway; and the charges to be paid for the carriage of animals, produce and goods, and the conditions under which they will be carried: Provided that in no case shall the minimum rate authorised for the conveyance of passengers be more than that for the · time being in force upon the Sierra Leone Railway; (e) further or better effectuating any of the purposes of this Ordinance; and may attach a penalty, not exceeding ten pounds, to any breach of any such rule. (2) Every such rule, or the alteration, suspension or repeal thereof, shall be subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, and shall come into operation upon being published in the Gazette (such publication to be at the expense of the owner of the railway), and shall thereupon be binding upon all persons concerned: Provided always that the Governor in Council shall have power to alter, suspend and repeal any such rule after it has been so made and approved. (3) All penalties imposed under any rules or bye-laws made under this section shall be recovered upon summary conviction before a Magistrate, and shall form part of the general revenue of the Colony.