### Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation By-laws 《九廣鐵路公司條例》

9. Decision as to age of any child (Suspended L.N. 162 of 2007 s. 2)

(With effect from 2 December 2007, the operation of these by-laws is suspended during the Concession Period referred to in s. 2(1) of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance (Cap. 372). For details, please see L.N. 162 and 200 of 2007.)
The decision as to the age of any child referred to in these by-laws shall be in the absolute discretion of any member of the staff or authorized person dealing with tickets or passengers and shall be final and binding for all purposes without liability of whatever nature for any loss or damage (including consequential and non-pecuniary loss) howsoever arising from such decision.

10. Passengers to travel in correct compartments of trains (Suspended L.N. 162 of 2007 s. 2)

(With effect from 2 December 2007, the operation of these by-laws is suspended during the Concession Period referred to in s. 2(1) of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance (Cap. 372). For details, please see L.N. 162 and 200 of 2007.)
A passenger must ensure that he joins the correct train on which he intends to travel and that he travels in the carriage or compartment for which his ticket is valid for travel and that he alights at the station to which the appropriate fare has been paid.

11. Period of validity of first/standard class tickets (Suspended L.N. 162 of 2007 s. 2)

(With effect from 2 December 2007, the operation of these by-laws is suspended during the Concession Period referred to in s. 2(1) of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance (Cap. 372). For details, please see L.N. 162 and 200 of 2007.)
A standard class single ticket or first class single ticket and a standard class return ticket or first class return ticket (save as otherwise provided in these by-laws) is valid for travel only on the day on which such ticket is issued or in the case of a smart card on the day on which the appropriate entry is encoded thereon.
(L.N. 4 of 1998) 

### Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation By-laws 《九廣鐵路公司條例》

11A. Validity of monthly return tickets (Suspended L.N. 162 of 2007 s. 2)

(With effect from 2 December 2007, the operation of these by-laws is suspended during the Concession Period referred to in s. 2(1) of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance (Cap. 372). For details, please see L.N. 162 and 200 of 2007.)
A monthly return ticket is valid for travel on or between the dates shown and between the stations imprinted on the ticket but the outward journey must be made on the day of issue of the ticket.
(L.N. 203 of 1994)

12. Period of validity governing other tickets (Suspended L.N. 162 of 2007 s. 2)

(With effect from 2 December 2007, the operation of these by-laws is suspended during the Concession Period referred to in s. 2(1) of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance (Cap. 372). For details, please see L.N. 162 and 200 of 2007.)
The period of validity and the special conditions governing any ticket other than a standard class single or return ticket shall be those printed upon the ticket or when no period of validity or special conditions are printed upon the ticket such period of validity and special conditions as are set out in the publications, notices, lists or tables issued by or on behalf of the Corporation from time to time.
(L.N. 4 of 1998)

### Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation By-laws 《九廣鐵路公司條例》

13. Inspection and sale of tickets (Suspended L.N. 162 of 2007 s. 2)

(With effect from 2 December 2007, the operation of these by-laws is suspended during the Concession Period referred to in s. 2(1) of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance (Cap. 372). For details, please see L.N. 162 and 200 of 2007.)
(1) All fare tickets are the property of the Corporation and must be produced at any time within the railway premises including the paid area or on any train on demand by a member of the staff or an authorized person. (L.N. 4 of 1998)
(2) Unless otherwise specified in the conditions of issue of the ticket or permitted by a member of the staff or an authorized person, any ticket which has become invalid shall be delivered up to the Corporation whether or not any stored value remains in such ticket. (L.N. 203 of 1994)
(3) A passenger who fails to produce his ticket for any reason shall be liable to pay a surcharge.
(4) No person other than a person specifically authorized by or on behalf of the Corporation to do so shall sell, attempt to sell, offer for sale, or invite other persons to purchase any ticket issued by or on behalf of the Corporation.
(5) A passenger holding or using a free or concessionary ticket on railway premises including the paid area or on any train shall produce on demand by a member of the staff or an authorized person sufficient evidence to prove his entitlement to hold and use the ticket. (L.N. 203 of 1994)

### Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation By-laws 《九廣鐵路公司條例》

14. Refund of fares and issue of duplicate tickets (Suspended L.N. 162 of 2007 s. 2)

(With effect from 2 December 2007, the operation of these by-laws is suspended during the Concession Period referred to in s. 2(1) of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance (Cap. 372). For details, please see L.N. 162 and 200 of 2007.)
(1) Any exchange of or refund on any ticket shall be at the absolute discretion of the Corporation and may be subject to the deduction of an administration charge prescribed and published by the Corporation from time to time and a maximum refund prescribed and published by the Corporation from time to time.
(2) The form of any refund will be at the absolute discretion of the Corporation.
(3) The Corporation shall not be obliged to issue a duplicate ticket in replacement of a lost, mislaid, unused or invalid ticket neither will it make refunds in respect of the value of any such ticket or the amount of a fare or a surcharge charged as a consequence of failure to produce a ticket when required. (L.N. 203 of 1994)

15. Insufficient accommodation on trains (Suspended L.N. 162 of 2007 s. 2)

(With effect from 2 December 2007, the operation of these by-laws is suspended during the Concession Period referred to in s. 2(1) of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance (Cap. 372). For details, please see L.N. 162 and 200 of 2007.)
(1) The Corporation shall not be liable for any failure to carry a passenger on any particular train or in any particular class of a compartment or carriage thereof where there is insufficient accommodation of a class for which a ticket has been issued.
(2) Where there is insufficient first class accommodation on any train for which a ticket has been issued a passenger holding a first class ticket may travel in standard class accommodation without the right to claim a refund of the appropriate difference in fare. (L.N. 4 of 1998)