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

3. Corporation established
(1) There shall be established a public authority, to be called the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, which shall have such powers and duties as are conferred and imposed on it by, or by virtue of this Ordinance. (Amended 56 of 1986 s. 4)
(2) The Corporation shall consist of the following members— (Amended 31 of 2001 s. 3)
(a) a Chairman appointed by the Chief Executive;
(b) subject to subsection (2B), a Chief Executive Officer appointed by the Corporation, the appointment to be made in the manner provided in paragraph 4 of the First Schedule; (Added 31 of 2001 s. 3. Amended 11 of 2007 s. 28)
(c) not less than 4 nor more than 8 other members appointed by the Chief Executive,
and the members of the Corporation shall be the governing body thereof and shall comprise its managing board. (Amended 62 of 1999 s. 3)
(2A) The functions of the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer shall be the functions assigned to them by this Ordinance and any functions that the Corporation may assign to them. (Replaced 31 of 2001 s. 3)
(2B) The office of the Chief Executive Officer may be left vacant during the Concession Period. (Added 11 of 2007 s. 28)
(2C) Where the office of the Chief Executive Officer is left vacant under subsection (2B), the managing board of the Corporation shall consist of persons referred to in subsection (2)(a) and (c). (Added 11 of 2007 s. 28)
(3) The First Schedule shall have effect as respects the Corporation and the members thereof.
(4) For the removal of doubt it is declared that, save in so far as is inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, Part VII of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) shall apply in relation to the Corporation and appointments thereto.

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

5. General duty of the Corporation
(1) It shall be the duty of the Corporation (consistently with any directions given it under the following provisions of this Part) in exercising its powers to have regard to—
(a) the reasonable requirements of the public transport system of Hong Kong; and
(b) efficiency, economy and safety of operation as respect the services and facilities provided by it.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as imposing on the Corporation, either directly or indirectly, any form of duty or liability enforceable by proceedings before any court.

6. Powers of the Chief Executive in Council in relation to the Corporation
(1)  The Chief Executive in Council may, if he considers the public interest so requires, give a direction in writing of a general or specific character to the Corporation and no limitation on the powers of the Corporation contained in this Ordinance shall prevent the Corporation from acting in accordance with the direction:
Provided that if any direction under this subsection requires the Corporation to act contrary to prudent commercial principles the Corporation shall be entitled to reasonable compensation from the Government in respect thereof. 
(2) The Corporation shall, in such manner and at such times as the Chief Executive may require, furnish him with such information as—
(a) he may specify; and
(b) the Corporation has or can reasonably be expected to obtain,
with respect to such matters relating to the Corporation or its activities (past, present or future), plans or properties as the Chief Executive may specify and shall afford him facilities for the verification of information so furnished.
(Amended 62 of 1999 s. 3)

6A. Attendance at the Legislative Council
The committees and subcommittees of the Legislative Council may request the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer to attend its meetings and they shall comply. The Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer shall answer questions raised by the Members of the Legislative Council at the meetings.
(Added 31 of 2001 s. 4)

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

7. Vesting of assets of the Kowloon-Canton Railway in the Corporation
(1) There shall be vested in the Corporation upon a day to be appointed* by the Governor by notice in the Gazette the land described in Part I of the Second Schedule for the interest specified therein upon the terms and conditions and subject to the reservations set out in Part II of that Schedule, and the supplementary provisions of Part III of that Schedule shall apply in relation thereto.
(2)  Subject to the following provisions of this section there shall be vested in the Corporation upon the appointed day all the property, rights and liabilities which, immediately before that day, were comprised in the undertaking of the Kowloon-Canton Railway: (Amended 56 of 1986 s. 6)
Provided nothing in this subsection shall apply to any interest in land vested in the Corporation under subsection (1) as read with the Second Schedule. 
(3) At any time before the appointed day the Secretary for Transport and the Corporation may agree in writing that subsection (2) shall not have effect in relation to any property, rights and liabilities specified in the agreement.
(4) Subsection (2) shall not have effect in relation to—
(a) any contract of employment; or
(b) any contract for the electrification or modernization of the Kowloon-Canton Railway; or (Amended 56 of 1986 s. 6)
(c) any tenancy or licence granted by the Government in respect of any land which if granted after the appointed day, could have been granted by it by virtue of the rights reserved to it by Part II of the Second Schedule.
(5) The Third Schedule shall apply to property, rights and liabilities vested under subsection (2).
(6) There shall be vested in the Corporation upon the deposit, in accordance with paragraph 1 of the Fifth Schedule, of the plans referred to in that Schedule in the Land Registry, the land described in Part I of the Fifth Schedule for the interest specified therein upon the terms and conditions and subject to the reservations set out in Part II of that Schedule; and the supplementary provisions of Part III of that Schedule shall apply in relation thereto. (Added 56 of 1986 s. 6. Amended 8 of 1993 s. 2)
(7) The Director of Lands shall give notice in the Gazette of the deposit in the Land Registry of the plans referred to in the Fifth Schedule. (Added 56 of 1986 s. 6. Amended 8 of 1993 s. 2; L.N. 291 of 1993)

Editorial Note:
* Appointed day: 1 February 1983—see L.N. 30 of 1983.

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

7A. Vesting of land in the Corporation
(1) Notwithstanding section 7, where the Director of Lands is satisfied that it is necessary for the operational purposes of one or more of the railways, he may for such purposes vest in the Corporation land or interests or other rights in respect of land, subject to such terms, conditions and reservations as he may determine.
(2) The vesting shall take effect upon the Director’s depositing in the Land Registry a plan signed by him showing the land or interests or other rights in respect of land being vested.
(3) The Director shall, by notice in the Gazette, publish a statement that a plan has been deposited in the Land Registry pursuant to the vesting of land or interests or other rights in respect of land under this section.
(4) Where—
(a) land or an interest or other right in respect of land has, under subsection (1), been vested in the Corporation for the operational purposes of one or more of the railways; and
(b) the Corporation wishes to use the land or interest or right for a different purpose,
the Corporation may request, in writing, that the Director consent to the proposed change, and the Director may, in giving his consent, impose such terms, conditions and reservations as he thinks fit, including requiring the Corporation to pay a premium.
(Added 13 of 1998 s. 5)