Hong Kong Regulations

NORTH-WEST RAILWAY BY-LAWS - BYLAW 40

Removal of persons from railway

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

PART XI

ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

(1) Any person who is reasonably suspected of committing or attempting to
commit any offence against any of these by-laws shall produce proof of his
identity and give his name and address to an official of the Corporation when
required to do so and any official of the Corporation may without warrant
arrest that person and forthwith remove him from any bus or the railway and
take him to a police station to be dealt with in accordance with the
Police Force Ordinance ( Cap 232).

(2) An official acting in execution of the powers conferred under by-law 40(1)
shall produce the authorization issued by the Corporation in accordance with
by-law 2 prior to executing those powers.

(3) The powers conferred under by-law 40(1) are in addition to the power of
arrest under section 38 of the Ordinance.

(4) No person shall wilfully provide false information when required to
provide information under by-law 40(1). (L.N. 205 of 1994) (Enacted 1987)