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C-14 - Railway Act

Section 159
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159. (1)  Every railway company, upon whose road there is a telegraph line in operation, shall have a blackboard put up on the outside of a station-house, over the platform of the station, in some conspicuous place at each station of such company at which there is a telegraph office.
(2)  When any passenger train is overdue for half an hour at any such station, according to the time-table of such company, the station master or person in charge at such station shall write or cause to be written with white chalk on such blackboard, a notice in English and French stating, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the time when such overdue train may be expected to reach such station.
(3)  If, on the expiration of that time, the train has not reached the station, the station master or person in charge of the station shall write or cause to be written on the blackboard in like manner, a fresh notice, stating to the best of his knowledge and belief the time when such overdue train may be expected to reach such station.
(4)  Every such railway company, station master or person in charge at any such station, shall be liable to a fine of not more than $5 for any wilful neglect, omission or refusal to obey the provisions aforesaid.
(5)  (Subsection repealed).
(6)  (Subsection repealed).
(7)  (Subsection repealed).
(8)  Nothing in this section shall prejudice the right of any person to the recovery of damages from any such railway company, by reason of detention of trains as aforesaid.
(9)  Every such railway company is required to have a printed copy of this section posted up in a conspicuous place at each of its stations at which there is a telegraph office.
R. S. 1964, c. 290, s. 176; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2; 1988, c. 21, s. 66; 1990, c. 4, s. 151; 1992, c. 61, s. 106.
159. (1)  Every railway company, upon whose road there is a telegraph line in operation, shall have a blackboard put up on the outside of a station-house, over the platform of the station, in some conspicuous place at each station of such company at which there is a telegraph office.
(2)  When any passenger train is overdue for half an hour at any such station, according to the time-table of such company, the station master or person in charge at such station shall write or cause to be written with white chalk on such blackboard, a notice in English and French stating, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the time when such overdue train may be expected to reach such station.
(3)  If, on the expiration of that time, the train has not reached the station, the station master or person in charge of the station shall write or cause to be written on the blackboard in like manner, a fresh notice, stating to the best of his knowledge and belief the time when such overdue train may be expected to reach such station.
(4)  Every such railway company, station master or person in charge at any such station, shall be liable to a fine of not more than $5 for any wilful neglect, omission or refusal to obey the provisions aforesaid.
(5)  (Subsection repealed).
(6)  The fine shall belong to the person suing therefor.
(7)  Every proceeding brought by virtue of this section shall be commenced within one month following the commission of the offence, and not afterwards.
(8)  Nothing in this section shall prejudice the right of any person to the recovery of damages from any such railway company, by reason of detention of trains as aforesaid.
(9)  Every such railway company is required to have a printed copy of this section posted up in a conspicuous place at each of its stations at which there is a telegraph office.
R. S. 1964, c. 290, s. 176; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2; 1988, c. 21, s. 66; 1990, c. 4, s. 151.
159. (1)  Every railway company, upon whose road there is a telegraph line in operation, shall have a blackboard put up on the outside of a station-house, over the platform of the station, in some conspicuous place at each station of such company at which there is a telegraph office.
(2)  When any passenger train is overdue for half an hour at any such station, according to the time-table of such company, the station master or person in charge at such station shall write or cause to be written with white chalk on such blackboard, a notice in English and French stating, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the time when such overdue train may be expected to reach such station.
(3)  If, on the expiration of that time, the train has not reached the station, the station master or person in charge of the station shall write or cause to be written on the blackboard in like manner, a fresh notice, stating to the best of his knowledge and belief the time when such overdue train may be expected to reach such station.
(4)  Every such railway company, station master or person in charge at any such station, shall be liable to a fine of not more than $5 for any wilful neglect, omission or refusal to obey the provisions aforesaid.
(5)  Any suit for the recovery of any such fine may be brought before any two justices of the peace, or before the Court of Québec of the district in which such station is situated.
(6)  The fine, recoverable under the provisions of this section, shall belong to the person suing therefor.
(7)  Every proceeding brought by virtue of this section shall be commenced within one month following the commission of the offence, and not afterwards.
(8)  Nothing in this section shall prejudice the right of any person to the recovery of damages from any such railway company, by reason of detention of trains as aforesaid.
(9)  Every such railway company is required to have a printed copy of this section posted up in a conspicuous place at each of its stations at which there is a telegraph office.
R. S. 1964, c. 290, s. 176; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2; 1988, c. 21, s. 66.
159. (1)  Every railway company, upon whose road there is a telegraph line in operation, shall have a blackboard put up on the outside of a station-house, over the platform of the station, in some conspicuous place at each station of such company at which there is a telegraph office.
(2)  When any passenger train is overdue for half an hour at any such station, according to the time-table of such company, the station master or person in charge at such station shall write or cause to be written with white chalk on such blackboard, a notice in English and French stating, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the time when such overdue train may be expected to reach such station.
(3)  If, on the expiration of that time, the train has not reached the station, the station master or person in charge of the station shall write or cause to be written on the blackboard in like manner, a fresh notice, stating to the best of his knowledge and belief the time when such overdue train may be expected to reach such station.
(4)  Every such railway company, station master or person in charge at any such station, shall be liable to a fine of not more than $5 for any wilful neglect, omission or refusal to obey the provisions aforesaid.
(5)  Any suit for the recovery of any such fine may be brought before any two justices of the peace, or before the Provincial Court of the district in which such station is situated.
(6)  The fine, recoverable under the provisions of this section, shall belong to the person suing therefor.
(7)  Every proceeding brought by virtue of this section shall be commenced within one month following the commission of the offence, and not afterwards.
(8)  Nothing in this section shall prejudice the right of any person to the recovery of damages from any such railway company, by reason of detention of trains as aforesaid.
(9)  Every such railway company is required to have a printed copy of this section posted up in a conspicuous place at each of its stations at which there is a telegraph office.
R. S. 1964, c. 290, s. 176; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2.
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