### North-west Railway By-laws 《九廣鐵路公司條例》

5. Tickets contain no warranty or acceptance of liability (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 does not warrant that a passenger will be conveyed on any particular bus or vehicle of the North-west Railway or that any bus or vehicle of the North-west Railway shall arrive or depart at a particular time or stop or that the issue of a ticket will be completed before the departure of any bus or vehicle of the North-west Railway and the Corporation will not be liable to any person for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from any delay or detention caused by the alteration suspension interference with or withdrawal of the Corporation’s bus or railway services (or a part thereof) for any reason whatsoever.
(2) The Corporation may in its absolute discretion do all or any of the following without being liable to any person for any loss or damage caused thereby—
(a) suspend or discontinue the issue of tickets howsoever issued;
(b) despatch any bus or vehicle of the North-west Railway from a stop before the arrival of any other bus or vehicle of the North-west Railway without affording passengers an opportunity of alighting and boarding the bus or vehicle of the North-west Railway;
(c) suspend, discontinue or otherwise withdraw all or any bus or railway service from any stop at any time and for any period of time or suspend, discontinue or withdraw the running of any bus or vehicle of the North-west Railway at any time and for any period of time and alter the times of departure and arrival of any bus or vehicle of the North-west Railway and the routes thereof.
(3) The Corporation may in its absolute discretion consider applications for a refund where a ticket is unused as a consequence of the circumstances described in by-law 5(2).

### North-west Railway By-laws 《九廣鐵路公司條例》

6. Entry and travel prohibited without payment of fare (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.)
No person shall without the authority of an official, which authority shall not be unreasonably withheld, or except as provided in by-law 13(1)— (L.N. 205 of 1994)
(a) travel on any bus;
(b) board or attempt to board any vehicle of the North-west Railway; or
(c) travel or attempt to travel upon any vehicle of the North-west Railway,
unless having first paid the appropriate fare and, where a ticket is issued, obtaining the appropriate ticket and in the case of using a smart card as a ticket, using it in the appropriate manner in conjunction with an automatic processing device so that the appropriate fare is paid to the Corporation. (L.N. 6 of 1998)

### North-west Railway By-laws 《九廣鐵路公司條例》

7. Production of tickets and surcharge (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 tickets shall remain the property of the Corporation and must be produced at any time on any bus or on the railway on demand being made therefor by any official of the Corporation.
(2) Any person who refuses or fails to pay the appropriate fare or refuses or fails to produce his ticket shall be liable to pay a surcharge.
(3) A person holding or using a free or concessionary ticket while on the railway or on any bus or vehicle of the railway shall produce on demand by an official sufficient evidence to prove his entitlement to hold and use the ticket. (L.N. 205 of 1994)
(4) Any person who uses a free or concessionary ticket but fails to produce sufficient evidence to prove his entitlement to such use shall be liable to pay a surcharge as if no ticket were held. (L.N. 205 of 1994)
(5) Any person who without the authority of an official, which authority shall not be unreasonably withheld, holds a free or concessionary ticket and fails to produce sufficient evidence to prove his entitlement to hold such ticket shall be required upon demand by an official to surrender such ticket to the official. (L.N. 205 of 1994)

### North-west Railway By-laws 《九廣鐵路公司條例》

8. Damaging and using damaged 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) No person shall improperly do anything to or with a ticket whereby—
(a) the coded or printed data thereon is erased wholly or in part or is otherwise altered or interfered with; or
(b) the ticket is otherwise damaged.
(2) No person shall use or attempt to use for travel on any bus or the railway a ticket which has been improperly altered, damaged or which has been otherwise interfered with and, in the case of using a smart card as a ticket which is unable to communicate with an automatic processing device for tickets. (L.N. 6 of 1998; E.R. 1 of 2023)