Government Railways (Amendment) Act 1977 (NSW)

GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS (AMENDMENT)

ACT, 1977

A N N O V I C E S I M O S E X T O

ELIZABETHE II REGINE

Act No. 4, 1977.

An Act to amend the Government Railways Act, 1912, in relation to certain offences, and the appropriation of penalties imposed, under that Act. [Assented to, 11th March, 1977.] BE

Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in	BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. This Act may be cited as the "Government Railways

(Amendment) Act, 1977".

2. The Government Railways Act, 1912, is amended—

(a) by omitting section 41c (d) and by inserting instead the following paragraph:—

(d) all fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed by this Act or by any regulation or by-law made under this Act that are recovered;

(b) by omitting section 54;

(c) by omitting section 54A ;

(d)

(d) by inserting after section 133 the following section: —

133A. Any person who on a railway station or in a carriage employed on a railway behaves in a riotous, indecent, offensive, threatening or insulting manner shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $400 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months.

(e) by omitting section 137.