196. If, in the opinion of any such engineer, it be dangerous for trains or cars to pass over any railway or any portion thereof, until alterations, substitutions or repairs have been made thereon, or for any particular car, carriage or locomotive to be run or used, the said engineer may forthwith forbid the running of any train or cars over such railway or portion of railway, or the running or using of any such car, carriage or locomotive, by delivering or causing to be delivered to the president, managing director, or secretary or superintendent of the company, owning, running, or operating such railway, or to any officer having the management or control of the running of trains on such railway, a notice in writing to that effect, with his reasons therefor, in which he shall distinctly point out the defects or the danger to be apprehended.
R. S. 1964, c. 290, s. 214.