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[接上页] (3) The answer given by a person to any question put to him for the purposes of an investigation shall not be admissible against that person in any civil or criminal proceedings by or against him except where he is charged with perjury or with an offence under regulation 8. Cap 556A reg 8 Obstruction and failure to supply information Any person who- (a) without lawful excuse fails to answer a summons under regulation 6(a) or to comply with a requirement under regulation 6(b) or (e); (b) knowingly furnishes to an inspector acting under these regulations information that is false or misleading in a material particular; (c) obstructs an inspector in the exercise of his powers under these regulations,commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5000 and to imprisonment for 6 months. Cap 556A reg 9 Corporation to prepare and issue operating manuals The Corporation shall- (a) prepare and revise from time to time as may be necessary, a manual or manuals of instructions setting out the practices and procedures to be observed to ensure the safe operation of the railway; (b) ensure that every person who is engaged in the operation of the railway, whether as an employee, or as a contractor or agent of the Corporation, is made fully aware of the functions and duties imposed on him by the said instructions, and is provided with every manual in which those instructions are contained and such replacements thereof as may be necessary; (c) furnish to the Secretary such number of copies of every manual of instructions, and all amendments thereto, as he may require. (L.N. 362 of 1997; 13 of 2000 s. 64) Cap 556A SCHEDULE [regulation 3] NOTIFIABLE OCCURRENCES PART I Occurrences directly affecting persons 1. Any accident connected with the operation of the railway or with the maintenance thereof, not being an accident which is notifiable under regulation 2, as a result of which an employee of the Corporation or of a contractor with the Corporation is unable, for a period exceeding 3 days immediately after the accident, to fully carry out his normal duties. 2. Any occurrence, not coming within paragraph 1, in which a person- (a) falls off a platform or crosses a line whether or not he is struck by a train; (b) falls out of a carriage during the running of a train; (c) falls between a train and a platform; (d) comes into contact with live overhead electric traction wires or other live electrical equipment; (e) suffers injury, which is reported to the Corporation, by the opening or closing of carriage doors at a station or by the operation of an escalator, lift or moving path used by the public as part of the railway; (f) suffers injury, which is reported to the Corporation, as the result of any action of an employee of the Corporation, or of a contractor with the Corporation. PART II Occurrences affecting railway premises, plant and equipment 1. Any failure of an axle, wheel or tyre on a train, including tyres unfit to run. 2. Any failure of any part of a power, unit on a train which endangers or could endanger the safe operation of the railway. 3. Any fire, severe electrical arcing or fusing on a train or on any part of the railway or on any part of the railway premises or on premises occupied or used by the Corporation in the running of the railway. 4. Any accidental division of a train. 5. Any fracture of a rail in the permanent way. 6. Any buckling of a running track. 7. Any failure of a tunnel, bridge or elevated section or any part of the same which endangers or could endanger the safe operation of the railway. 8. Any flooding of any part of the permanent way which endangers or could endanger the safe operation of the railway. 9. The loss of control of any passenger escalator, lift or moving path. 10. Any failure of a signal structure or of any part of the fixed electrical equipment which endangers or could endanger the safe operation of the railway. 11. The accidental entry of any road vehicle on to the permanent way. 12. Any other failure of the permanent way or of any machinery, plant or equipment which endangers or could endanger the safe operation of the railway. |