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PUBLIC WORKS ACT 1902 - SECT 109

109 .         Penalties for trespassing on railway in course of construction

        (1)         Any person trespassing upon any railway in the course of construction, or upon any land occupied or temporarily occupied for the purpose of such construction under the powers hereby given, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $4.

        (2)         Any person riding or driving any animal or vehicle upon such railway or land without lawful authority shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $10.

        (3)         Any such person refusing to leave such railway or land, or to remove such animal or vehicle therefrom, when warned so to do by the overseer, contractor, or any other person in charge of or employed upon such railway, may be seized and detained by such overseer or other person who shall as soon as practicable take him to a police officer or arrange for a police officer to attend.

        [Section 109 amended by No. 41 of 1966 s. 16; No. 59 of 2006 s. 73.]



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