Section 31, The Proprietary Railways Ordinance

(1) When in or about any railway, or any of the works orbuildings connected with such railway, or any building or place, whether open or enclosed, occupied by the person working such railway, any of the following accidents takes place in the course of working any railway, that is to say- (i) any accident attended with loss of life or personal injury to any person whomsoever; (ii) any collision where one of the trains is a passenger train; (iii) any passenger train, or part thereof, accidentally leaving the rails; (iv) any accident of a kind not comprised in the foregoing descriptions, which may be specified by any Order of the Governor in Council, the person working such railway shall send notice of such accident, and of the loss of life or personal InJury (if any) occasioned thereby, to the Governor. (2) Such notice shall be in the prescribed form, and shall contain the prescribed particulars, and shall be sent at the earliest possible opportunity after the accident takes place. (3) The Governor may, from time to time, by Order, direct that notice of any class of accidents shall be sent to him by telegraph, and may revoke any such Order. Notice of every such Order shall be published in the Gazette, and while it is in force notice of every accident of the class to which the Order rela~es shall be sent to the Governor by telegraph at the earliest possible opportunity after the accident takes place. ~4) Every person who fails to comply with the provisions of this _se?tion shall, for each offence, be liable on summary :nviCtiOn before a Magistrate, to a penalty riot exceeding enty pounds. Returns of accidents. Compulsory medical examination of person injured in railway accident. Returns. Conveyance of explosives subject to rules in force on Government railway. Sale of railway only with approval of Governor in Council. Cap. 275. Discontinuance of construction.