Hong Kong Ordinances

MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY ORDINANCE - SECT 29

Offence of negligent act or omission by employee

(1) If-

   (a)  in connection with his duty, an employee of the Corporation
        negligently does or omits to do anything in relation to the condition
        or operation of a part of the railway or railway premises after that
        part has come into operation; and

   (b)  by that act or omission, the safety of a person being on the railway
        or on railway premises is endangered, or is likely to be endangered,
        the employee commits an offence and is liable-

        (i)    except as provided in paragraph (ii), to a fine at level 2; or

        (ii)   if the act or omission results in serious injury to or the
               death of a person being on the railway or railway premises, to
               a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(2) For the purposes of this section, negligence is the failure to exercise
the care or skill that a reasonable employee in the situation would exercise.