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

9. Failures to pay fare, etc. (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) Save as provided under paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), no person prior to leaving any bus or the railway shall fail to or refuse to pay any fare or other sum payable to the Corporation in accordance with these by-laws. (L.N. 6 of 1998)
(2) When a person is liable to pay a surcharge, payment shall be made immediately on demand by an official and payment shall be made to the official demanding the surcharge.
(3) When a person aged 16 years and over is unable in the opinion of an official to make immediate payment of a surcharge, the demand of the surcharge by the Corporation shall be made by way of service of a notice in writing and the person upon whom the notice is served shall sign the notice and shall make payment of the surcharge not later than 14 days from the date of service of the notice.
(4) When a person under the age of 16 years is unable in the opinion of an official to make immediate payment of the surcharge, the demand of the surcharge by the Corporation shall be made by way of service of a notice in writing upon his parent, legal guardian or next of kin and the person who receives the notice shall make payment of the surcharge not later than 14 days from the date of the notice.
(5) The decision as to whether a person is unable to make immediate payment of a surcharge shall be in the absolute discretion of an official dealing with tickets or passengers and shall be final and binding for all purposes without liability of whatever nature for any loss and damage whatsoever and howsoever arising from any such decision.
(6) The Corporation shall be entitled at its own discretion to deduct the surcharge wholly or in part from any smart card held by any passenger liable in respect thereof. (L.N. 6 of 1998)
(L.N. 205 of 1994)

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

10. Travel without a ticket or with expired or inappropriate ticket (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) If a person (other than a person who is under the age of 3 years) travels or attempts to travel on any bus or vehicle of the North-west Railway—
(a) without a ticket;
(b) with a ticket which has been altered without the authority of the Corporation or any of its officials or which has been damaged;
(c) with an invalid ticket; or (L.N. 6 of 1998)
(d) with a personalized ticket which has been issued to another person, (L.N. 6 of 1998)
(e) (Repealed L.N. 6 of 1998)he shall be regarded as not having paid his fare and shall be liable to pay a surcharge to the Corporation.
(2) For the purposes of by-law 10(1)—
(a) a ticket shall expire and becomes invalid in the event that a passenger fails to complete the journey to which the ticket relates within 2 hours of being issued with a ticket; (L.N. 6 of 1998)
(aa) the period of validity and special conditions governing a season ticket or a stored value ticket shall be those printed upon the ticket or, if no period of validity or special conditions are printed upon the ticket such period of validity and special conditions as are set out in the publications, notices, lists or tables issued by or on behalf of the Corporation from time to time; (L.N. 205 of 1994)
(b) a person who is on any bus or vehicle of the North-west Railway and who subsequently leaves or attempts to leave the bus or vehicle of the North-west Railway or the railway premises shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be presumed to have travelled upon the railway;
(c) all tickets issued by or on behalf of the Corporation shall be delivered up at the request of an official if they have become invalid whether or not any stored value remains in such ticket. (L.N. 205 of 1994)
(3) (Repealed L.N. 205 of 1994)(L.N. 205 of 1994)

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

11. Passengers to examine tickets and change (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 persons shall examine their tickets and any change tendered before leaving any ticket office.
(2) Neither the Corporation nor any official of the Corporation shall be liable for any error or omission not drawn to their attention at the time of issue of a ticket.
(3) A person boarding any bus shall insert not less than the appropriate fare into a farebox in payment of the fare or shall produce for inspection a valid ticket or authority for travel.
(4) A person using an automatic vending machine shall insert not less than the appropriate fare in legal tender including a valid stored value ticket for the purchase of a ticket.
(5) No person shall be entitled to any refund of any amount inserted into an automatic vending machine or a farebox which is—
(a) in excess of the appropriate fare; or
(b) in excess of the balance required to make up the appropriate fare where the value remaining in a stored value ticket is inadequate.
(6) The amount (including a nil amount) from time to time printed on or encoded on a ticket shall be conclusive evidence of the amount paid in respect of such ticket and in the case of a stored value ticket the value (if any) remaining in such ticket.
(7) Any person who is requested to do so by any official of the Corporation shall immediately produce to that official acceptable proof of his entitlement to any concessionary or other special type of ticket or fare.