### Peak Tramway Ordinance 《山頂纜車條例》

17. Power to let undertaking
(1) Subject to the approval of the Chief Executive in Council, the company may demise its undertaking, or any part thereof, to such person and for such term, and on such conditions, in all respects as the company may think fit, to take effect either in possession or at some future date, and either with or without a premium as a consideration for such demise. (Amended 50 of 1911; 62 of 1911 Schedule; 8 of 1912 s. 25; 20 of 1948 s. 4; 27 of 1992 s. 7)
(2) The company may, without the approval of the Chief Executive in Council, but subject to the provisions contained in any contract or instrument it has entered into or executed, at any time demise or let any land, machinery, property, chattel or effect which in its opinion is not required for the efficient maintenance and working of its undertaking. (Added 27 of 1992 s. 7)
(Amended 62 of 1999 s. 3)

18. Power to mortgage undertaking
It shall be lawful for the company to borrow money on mortgage of all or any part of its undertaking, and for that purpose to assign or demise by way of mortgage all or any portion of its lands, messuages, or tenements, erections, buildings, works, rolling stock, plant, machinery, chattels, and effects to any person, and to enter into all such covenants, provisos, declarations, and agreements, as the company may think fit.
(Amended 50 of 1911; 62 of 1911 Schedule; 8 of 1912 s. 25; 20 of 1948 s. 4)

### Peak Tramway Ordinance 《山頂纜車條例》

19. Right of user by Government
The Chief Executive in Council may, by order, direct that precedence over the company and all other persons in the user of the tramway be taken for defensive or military purposes or for the passage of troops and war material, on giving to the company, on each occasion of such user, 3 clear days’ notice, and shall direct the payment to the company therefor of such fares as may be agreed on. If no agreement is come to, then the amount of such fares shall be determined upon petition to the court in a summary way.
(Amended 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 62 of 1911 Schedule; 63 of 1911 Schedule; 8 of 1912 s. 25; 20 of 1948 s. 4; 57 of 1986 s. 6; 62 of 1999 s. 3)

22. Fares
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the company may charge such fares for the use of the tramway as it may fix from time to time, which shall be paid to such persons, at such places, and in such manner as the company may, by notice annexed to the list of fares exhibited under subsection (3), appoint.
(2) If any person applies for a monthly ticket for the use of the tramway, the company shall issue the monthly ticket and the charge for the monthly ticket shall not exceed 25 times the standard fare for a full distance single journey. (Replaced 26 of 1989 s. 6)
(3) A list, printed in the English and Chinese languages, of all the fares to be charged and the monthly ticket charge shall be exhibited in a conspicuous place at the offices of the company and inside each tramcar used upon the tramway.
(Replaced 57 of 1986 s. 8. Amended 26 of 1989 s. 9)

23. Limitation of obligation to carry passengers
If the tramcars during any journey contain their authorized complement of passengers, the company shall not be bound to find accommodation for any other passenger, notwithstanding that he may have purchased a ticket entitling him to travel on the tramway.
(Amended 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 62 of 1911 Schedule; 63 of 1911 Schedule; 8 of 1912 s. 25; 20 of 1948 s. 4; 26 of 1989 s. 10)

### Peak Tramway Ordinance 《山頂纜車條例》

30. Service of summons, etc.
Any summons, writ, or other proceeding required to be served on the company may be served by the same being left at, or sent by post directed to, the principal office of the company, or being given or sent by post directed to the secretary, or, in case there is no secretary, the solicitor of the company.
(Amended 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 62 of 1911 Schedule; 63 of 1911 Schedule; 8 of 1912 s. 25; 20 of 1948 s. 4)

31. Form and delivery of notice
With respect to notices, and to the delivery thereof by or to the company, the following provisions shall have effect—
(a) every notice shall be in writing; and
(b) a notice to be delivered by or to the company to or by any other company or person may be delivered by being left at the office of such other company or person, or at the then present or then last-known place of abode or residence of such person, or of his ostensible agent, or of other the agent who pays the rents, rates, and taxes payable in respect of the property of such person, or by being affixed on some conspicuous part of any lands affected or intended to be affected by such notice, or by being left at the office of the company, as the case may be, or by being sent by post in a registered letter addressed, as the case may be, to the clerk or secretary of such other company at its principal office, or to such person at his then present or then last-known place of abode or residence or at his office or business premises, or by being so sent by post addressed to the ostensible agent or agents of such person, or other the agent or agents aforesaid, or to the clerk or secretary of the company at its principal office.
(Amended 50 of 1911 s. 4; 62 of 1911 Schedule; 8 of 1912 s. 25; 20 of 1948 s. 4)