Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1967 (WA)

No. 44.] Government Railways. [1967.

GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS.

No. 44 of 1967.

AN ACT to amend the Government Railways Act,

1904-1965.

[Assented to 21st November, 1967.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title

and citation 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Government

Railways Act Amendment Act, 1967.

Reprinted

Vol. 17	(2) In this Act the Government Railways Act,
Reprinted

Acts 1904-1965, is referred to as the principal Act.

approved for reprint 17th May, 1963 as	(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act
amended by

Acts Nos.	may be cited as the Government Railways Act,
27 of 1963
and 54 of	1904-1967.

1967.] Government Railways. [No. 44.

S. 64

2. Section sixty-four of the principal Act is amended.

amended

(a) by deleting the passage, "railway restaurant cars, and" in line four of paragraph (a) of subsection (1); and

(b) by repealing subsection (2).

S. 93A

3. The principal Act is amended by adding after added.

section ninety-three a section as follows-

Power of

93A. (1) A statutory declaration made for

classified

Government

the purpose of verifying the loss or destruction

Railways

Officers

of a railway document may be made by the

to take certain

declarant before any classified Government

statutory

Railway Officer.

declarations.

(2)

Where such a statutory declaration is so made it has the same force and effect, and in the case of a false declaration, the declarant is subject to the same penalty, as if the statutory declaration were made before a justice.

(3) In this section "railway document" means a passenger ticket, luggage check, cloak room ticket, railway pass or other document issued to a person by or on behalf of the Commission. .