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LAWS OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS Revision Date: 31 Dec 2002 Railways Offences Act CAP.

4.29 1 ST. CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS CHAPTER 4.29 RAILWAYS OFFENCES ACT Revised Edition showing the law as at 31 December 2002 This is a revised edition of the law, prepared by the Law Revision Commissioner under the authority of the Law Revision Act, No.

9 of 1986.
9 of 1986.

This edition contains a consolidation of the following laws— RAILWAYS OFFENCES ACT Act 6 of 1927 … in force 28th May 1927 Amended by: Act 7 of 1976 Act 9 of 1986 Page 3 Prepared under Authority by The Regional Law Revision Centre Inc. ANGUILLA LAWS OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS Revision Date: 31 Dec 2002 Railways Offences Act CAP.

4.29 3 CHAPTER 4.29 RAILWAYS OFFENCES ACT ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Injury to railway buildings, etc.

1.

Short title 2.

3.

Various offences 4.


Throwing stones with intent to injure 5.

Doing or omitting anything to endanger persons 6.

Other offences LAWS OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS Revision Date: 31 Dec 2002 Railways Offences Act CAP.

4.29 5 CHAPTER 4.29 RAILWAYS OFFENCES ACT AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR RAILWAYS OFFENCES; AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL MATTERS.

Short title.

1.

This Act may be cited as the Railways Offences Act.

Injury to railway buildings, etc.

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2.

Any person who— (a) unlawfully and maliciously pulls or throws down or in any other way injures any engine-house, warehouse or other building appertaining to any railway; or (b) unlawfully and maliciously pulls or throws down or cuts or otherwise injures or removes any post, machinery, signal, water pipe, water tank, connecting rod or wire or other thing appertaining to any railway, commits a felony, and shall be liable to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three years.

Various offences.

3.
(1) Any person who unlawfully does any of the following acts— (a) places or casts upon a railway anything liable to explode or to be exploded or calculated to obstruct, overthrow, destroy or injure any engine, tender or truck, or to injure or alarm any person travelling or being on a railway, or to endanger the life or limb or otherwise endanger the safety of any such person; (b) takes up, removes or displaces any rail or sleeper or any other thing whatsoever belonging to a railway; (c) turns, moves or diverts any points or other machinery belonging to a railway; (d) hides or removes any signal upon or near to a railway; or (e) throws, or in any manner projects at, upon or into, or wilfully lets fall upon or into any engine, tender or truck in motion on any railway any stone or other thing likely to cause injury or annoyance, commits a misdemeanour and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars, or to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
(Amended by Acts 7 of 1976 and 9 of 1986) (2) Any person who unlawfully and maliciously, with either of the following intents— (a) with intent to obstruct, overthrow, destroy or injure any engine, tender or truck on a railway; or (b) with intent to endanger the life or limb or otherwise endanger the safety of any person travelling or being on a railway, 6 CAP.
4.29 Railways Offences Act LAWS OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS Revision Date: 31 Dec 2002 does any of the acts enumerated in the preceding subsection, or any other act, commits a felony, and shall be liable to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three years.

Throwing stones with intent to injure.

4.


Any person who unlawfully throws, or causes to fall or strike at, against, into or upon, any engine, tender or truck used upon any railway, anything whatsoever, with intent to injure or endanger the safety of any person being in or upon such engine, tender or truck, commits a felony, and shall be liable to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three years.

Doing or omitting anything to endanger persons.

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5.

Any person who, by any unlawful act, or by any wilful omission or neglect, obstructs or causes to be obstructed any engine, tender or truck on a railway, or endangers or causes to be endangered the safety of any person conveyed or being in or upon a railway, or aids or assists therein, commits a misdemeanour, and shall be liable to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding two years.

Other offences.

6.
Any person who does any of the following acts— (a) unlawfully interferes, or attempts to interfere, with any engine, tender or truck upon a railway or the contents thereof, respectively; (b) unlawfully rides or attempts to ride, in or upon any engine, tender or truck upon a railway; (c) trespasses upon, or wilfully permits any stock to stray upon, a railway so as to obstruct the passage of any engine, tender or truck, commits an offence under this Act and shall, upon summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding six months.
(Amended by Acts 7 of 1976 and 9 of 1986) __________