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

6. Powers of inspectors in relation to investigation of accidents or other occurrences (Suspended L.N. 111 of 2007 s. 2)
(With effect from 2 December 2007, the operation of these regulations 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. 111 and 200 of 2007.)
An inspector may, for the purpose of investigating an accident or occurrence pursuant to regulation 5, in addition to his powers under the Ordinance—
(a) by summons under his hand call before him such persons as he thinks fit;
(b) examine any such person and require him to answer any question or to give any information or to produce any document or article which the inspector thinks may be relevant to the investigation;
(c) permit any person to appear before him to give any such information or produce any such document or article;
(d) retain any such document or article until the completion of the investigation;
(e) require any person to make and sign a statutory declaration as to the truth of any statement made by him;
(f) remove, or take measures for the preservation of, any machinery, plant or equipment for the purpose of making any test or inspection;
(g) take such measures as may be necessary for the preservation of evidence.

7. Further provisions as to investigations (Suspended L.N. 111 of 2007 s. 2)
(With effect from 2 December 2007, the operation of these regulations 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. 111 and 200 of 2007.)
(1) Every investigation by an inspector shall be held in private.
(2) A person summoned as a witness at any investigation shall be allowed such expenses as the Financial Secretary may determine, and such expenses shall be paid by the Corporation.
(3) The answer given by a person to any question put to him for the purposes of an investigation shall not be admissible against that person in any civil or criminal proceedings by or against him except where he is charged with perjury or with an offence under regulation 8.

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

8. Obstruction and failure to supply information (Suspended L.N. 111 of 2007 s. 2)

(With effect from 2 December 2007, the operation of these regulations 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. 111 and 200 of 2007.)
Any person who—
(a) without lawful excuse fails to answer a summons under regulation 6(a) or to comply with a requirement under regulation 6(b) or (e);
(b) knowingly furnishes to an inspector acting under these regulations information that is false or misleading in a material particular;
(c) obstructs an inspector in the exercise of his powers under these regulations,
commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months. 
(E.R. 1 of 2023)

9. Corporation to prepare and issue operating manuals (Suspended L.N. 111 of 2007 s. 2)

(With effect from 2 December 2007, the operation of these regulations 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. 111 and 200 of 2007.)
The Corporation shall—
(a) prepare and revise from time to time as may be necessary, a manual or manuals of instructions setting out the practices and procedures to be observed to ensure the safe operation of the railway;
(b) ensure that every person who is engaged in the operation of the railway, whether as an employee, or as a contractor or agent of the Corporation, is made fully aware of the functions and duties imposed on him by the said instructions, and is provided with every manual in which those instructions are contained and such replacements thereof as may be necessary;
(c) furnish to the Financial Secretary such number of copies of every manual of instructions, and all amendments thereto, as he may require. (L.N. 362 of 1997; L.N. 144 of 2022)

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

10. Setting aside of bus stops (Suspended L.N. 111 of 2007 s. 2)

(With effect from 2 December 2007, the operation of these regulations 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. 111 and 200 of 2007.)
(1) The Commissioner may designate a place on a road as a bus stop for buses used for the purposes of a bus service operated by the Corporation and may revoke the designation of any place as a bus stop either temporarily or permanently.
(2) A bus stop may be restricted to a particular route.
(3) Subject to paragraph (2), the driver of a bus used for the purposes of a bus service operated by the Corporation on a route—
(a) may stop at a bus stop to pick up or set down passengers;
(b) shall stop at a bus stop to set down a passenger if requested to do so and, if not at full capacity, to pick up an intending passenger when signalled to do so.
(4) The Commissioner may require the Corporation to erect and maintain a sign, of a type approved by the Commissioner, at a bus stop, or to remove any sign.
(5) No person shall, without the permission of the Commissioner, erect or cause to be erected any sign on or near any road in such a manner that such sign might reasonably be believed to have been erected in accordance with paragraph (4).
(6) Every sign which, at the commencement* of these regulations, has been lawfully erected on or near a road by the Corporation to indicate a bus stop shall be deemed to have been erected in accordance with paragraph (4).
(7) Any person who contravenes paragraph (3) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 1. (E.R. 1 of 2023)
(8) Any person who contravenes paragraph (5) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 1. (E.R. 1 of 2023)
(9) In any proceedings under any enactment, in relation to a place on a road which is alleged to have been designated as a bus stop under paragraph (1), a sign at such place which purports to indicate that such place is a bus stop shall be deemed to have been erected in accordance with paragraph (4) unless the contrary is proved.
(L.N. 240 of 1987) Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 1 February 1983.