### Mass Transit Railway By-laws 《香港鐵路附例》

31. Loitering prohibited
No person shall loiter in or about any part of the railway premises.
(L.N. 201 of 1994)

32. Bill posting, etc. prohibited
No person shall, unless authorized in writing by the Corporation— (L.N. 201 of 1994)
(a) post, stick, paint or write or cause to be posted, stuck, painted or written any placard, bill, advertisement or any other matter; or
(b) distribute any book, leaflet or other printed matter or any sample or other article,
on any part of the railway premises.

32A. Unauthorized display of materials for the purpose of advertisement, etc.
No person while upon the railway premises shall, except by permission of a member of the staff of the Corporation or an authorized person, display or exhibit any printed, written or pictorial matter or any article for the purpose of advertisement or publicity.
(L.N. 156 of 2007)

33. Motor vehicles not to be left on railway premises
Except with the written permission of the Corporation, no person shall leave or cause to be left any motor car or other vehicle on any part of the railway premises or on any station approach road or entrance being under the control of the Corporation.

### Mass Transit Railway By-laws 《香港鐵路附例》

34. Dealing with vehicles left on railway premises
(1) The Corporation may in such manner as it thinks fit remove and detain any motor car or other vehicle in respect of which a contravention of by-law 33 is committed and may charge the owner or driver thereof all costs and expenses occasioned by and incidental to such removal and detention without prejudice to any penalty incurred by the contravention of that by-law.
(2) If a vehicle detained under paragraph (1) is not claimed and removed and all costs and expenses are not paid within 3 days after its detention, the Corporation shall where practicable except in the case of emergency serve on the registered owner (as defined in the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374)) of the vehicle a notice informing him— (L.N. 156 of 2007)
(a) of the detention of the vehicle and the place of detention; and
(b) that, unless the vehicle is removed from the place of detention on payment of any costs and charges within 14 days after the service of the notice on him, the vehicle shall become the property of the Corporation free from the rights of any person and may be disposed of by the Corporation by sale or otherwise.
(3) If a vehicle is not removed in accordance with the notice served under paragraph (2) or, if the service of such notice is impracticable, within 14 days of the date of its first detention, the vehicle shall become the property of the Corporation free from the rights of any person and may be disposed of by the Corporation by sale or otherwise as it thinks fit. (L.N. 156 of 2007)
(4) If, within 6 months after the day on which a vehicle is sold pursuant to paragraph (3), any person satisfies the Corporation that at the time the vehicle became the property of the Corporation by virtue of that paragraph, he was the owner of the vehicle, the Corporation shall pay to such person the balance of the proceeds of sale after deducting any costs and charges of removal and detention and any reasonable charges incurred by the Corporation in respect of the sale of the vehicle.
(5) A notice under paragraph (2) may be served personally or by post.
(6) For the purpose of this by-law, vehicle (車輛) includes the contents of a vehicle and any load carried by a vehicle. (E.R. 6 of 2019)

35. Vehicle drivers to comply with signs etc.
Vehicle drivers shall while in or upon any part of the railway premises obey all traffic signs and signals and the reasonable instructions and directions of any official.

36. Dangerous driving
No person shall drive any motor car or other vehicle through, into or upon any part of the railway premises at a rate of speed or in a manner liable to involve danger to others.

### Mass Transit Railway By-laws 《香港鐵路附例》

37. Vehicles prohibited on certain parts of railway premises
No person shall drive any motor car or other vehicle upon or along any part of the railway premises set apart for the exclusive use of pedestrians.

38. Firearms
No person not being a member of the Armed Forces, a police officer, a member of the Customs and Excise Department or an officer of the Independent Commission Against Corruption shall carry or have with him on any railway premises any arms or ammunition.
(L.N. 201 of 1994)

39. Dangerous goods
No person not being an official duly authorized by the Corporation in that behalf shall bring onto any part of the railway premises any substance or other thing which is subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance (Cap. 295).
(L.N. 201 of 1994)

39A. Conditions of carriage of luggage
The Corporation shall only accept luggage for carriage on the railway subject to these by-laws and the conditions of carriage of luggage set out from time to time in notices published by the Corporation.

39B. Soliciting for handling of luggage
No person other than an official or a person licensed by the Corporation to do so shall solicit for engagement in or for the handling or moving or transport of any luggage or any item thereof for reward.

39C. Conditions of acceptance of goods
(1) The Corporation shall accept goods for carriage on the railway or storage subject to these by-laws and the conditions of carriage of goods set out from time to time in notices published by the Corporation.
(2) The Corporation reserves the right at its absolute discretion to refuse any goods for carriage on the railway, and to open or examine such goods and remove them to a safe place. The Corporation may, without being liable, remove or dispose of any goods which might in its opinion cause injury or nuisance to persons or damage to property.

39D. Soliciting for handling of goods
No person other than a person licensed by the Corporation to do so shall solicit for engagement in or for the handling or moving or transport of any goods or item thereof for reward.

40. Lost property
A person who finds any lost property in or upon any part of the railway premises shall report to an official at the nearest station, and no person other than an official shall remove from any train or carriage any property lost or left behind therein, save for the purpose of handing over the same forthwith to an official.
(L.N. 201 of 1994)

### Mass Transit Railway By-laws 《香港鐵路附例》

41. Disposal of lost property
(1) All lost property which comes into the possession of the Corporation shall be dealt with as follows—
(a) perishable, noxious or otherwise offensive goods or articles may be disposed of by the Corporation as soon as practicable after they have come into its possession by sale or otherwise as it sees fit;
(b) identification and travel documents, certificates or any other document which the Corporation shall regard to be of an important or confidential nature may be disposed of by the Corporation within such time they have come into its possession and in such manner as it sees fit; and (L.N. 201 of 1994)
(c) all other goods or articles shall be retained by the Corporation for a period of 1 month after they have come into its possession and, if at the end of that period they remain unclaimed, they shall be deemed to become the property of the Corporation free of all other rights and encumbrances, and it may dispose of them by sale or otherwise as it sees fit. (L.N. 201 of 1994; L.N. 156 of 2007)
(2) If within a period of 6 months of any sale or disposal by the Corporation under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) the former owner or the person formerly entitled to the beneficial ownership of the goods can establish his ownership to the satisfaction of the Corporation, he shall be paid, subject to his providing the Corporation with an indemnity in retention as the Corporation may reasonably require, the proceeds of sale, if any, less all expenses incurred by the Corporation of and incidental to the sale or disposal. (L.N. 201 of 1994)
(3) Save as provided in paragraph (2), the Corporation shall incur no liability whatsoever to any person in respect of lost property as bailees or otherwise and no claim for damages or compensation shall be brought against it by any person in respect of the same.