REGULATION OF RAILWAYS ACT 1868 - SECT 28 Conditions and regulations for light railways.

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REGULATION OF RAILWAYS ACT 1868 - SECT 28

Conditions and regulations for light railways.

28. A light railway shall be constructed and worked subject to such conditions
and regulations as the Board of Trade may from time to time impose or make:
Provided, that (1) the regulations respecting the weight of locomotive
engines, carriages, and vehicles to be used on such railway shall not
authorize a greater weight then eight tons to be brought upon the rails by any
one pair of wheels; (2) the regulations respecting the speed of trains shall
not authorize a rate of speed exceeding at any time twenty-five miles an
hour.If the company or any person fails to comply with or acts in
contravention of such conditions and regulations, or directs any one so to
fail or act, such company and person shall respectively be liable to a penalty
for each offence not exceeding twenty pounds, and to a like penalty for every
day during which the offence continues; and every such person, on conviction
on indictment for any offence relating to the weight of engines, carriages, or
vehicles, or the speed of trains, shall be also liable to imprisonment... for
any term not exceeding two years.

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REGULATION OF RAILWAYS ACT 1868 - SECT 28