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Railways (Amendment) Act (No. 7 of 1966) - Sect 5

Amendment of section 35 of the principal enactment. [ 3, 41 of 1961.]

5. Section 35 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows : -
(a) by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection : -
" (2) Any person who, at a time when any engine or train approaching along a railway is within sight or hearing or is due,-
(a) moves any gate, bar, or barrier, erected and maintained by the General Manager at the intersection of such railway and a road, from the position in which such road is made impassable to a position in which the road is made passable; or
(b) in any way impedes or interferes with any person in charge of such gate, bar, or barrier while in the execution of his duty; or
(c) passes or attempts to pass, or drives or attempts to drive, any animal, vehicle or other thing across such railway,
(b) in the marginal note to subsection (2) of that section by the substitution, for the word " gates. ", of the words " gates, &c. ".


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