C-14 - Railway Act

Section 195 Disposition versions

1989-05-17

195. (Repealed).

R. S. 1964, c. 290, s. 213; 1972, c. 55, s. 119; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1988, c. 57, s. 86.

1977-12-31

195. The Commission des transports, whenever it receives information to the effect that any bridge, culvert, viaduct, tunnel or any other portion of any railway, or any engine, car, or carriage used or for use on any railway, is dangerous to the public using the same, from want of repair, insufficient or faulty construction, or from any other cause, or whenever circumstances may arise which, in its opinion, render it expedient, may direct the engineer, as aforesaid, to examine and inspect the railway or any portion thereof or the works connected therewith, or the engines and other rolling-stock in use thereon or on any portion thereof.

Upon the report of the engineer, the Commission may condemn the railway, or any portion thereof, or any of the rolling-stock or other works connected therewith, and, with the approval of the Government, may require any change or alteration therein, or in any part thereof, or the substitution of any new bridge, culvert, viaduct or tunnel, or of any material for the said railway; and, thereupon, the company to which such railway belongs, or the company using, running or controlling the same, shall, after notice thereof in writing, signed by the president of the Commission and countersigned by the secretary thereof, proceed to remedy the defects in the said portions of the railway, or in the locomotive, car or carriage which have been so condemned, or shall make such change, alteration or substitution hereinbefore referred to, as has been required, in the manner aforesaid, by the Commission.

R. S. 1964, c. 290, s. 213; 1972, c. 55, s. 119; 1977, c. 5, s. 14.