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RAILWAY REGULATION ACT 1840 - SECT 16

Punishment of persons obstructing the officers of any railway company, or trespassing upon any railway.

16. If any person shall wilfully obstruct or impede any officer or agent of
any railway company in the execution of his duty upon any railway, or upon or
in any of the stations or other works or premises connected therewith, or if
any person shall wilfully trespass upon any railway, or any of the stations or
other works or premises connected therewith, and shall refuse to quit the same
upon request to him made by any officer or agent of the said company, every
such person so offending, and all others aiding or assisting therein, shall
and may be seized and detained by any such officer or agent, or any person
whom he may call to his assistance, until such offender or offenders can be
conveniently taken before some justice of the peace for the county or place
wherein such offence shall be committed, and when convicted before such
justice as aforesaid, (who is hereby authorized and required, upon complaint
to him upon oath, to take cognizance thereof, and to act summarily in the
premises,) shall, in the discretion of such justice, forfeit to Her Majesty
any sum not exceeding five pounds, ....

S.17 rep. by SL(R) 1976

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