Transport Act, 1987

Amendment of section 22 of Regulation of Railways Act, 1868.

9.Section 22 of the Regulation of Railways Act, 1868 , is hereby amended by—

(a) the deletion of the words “and travels more than twenty miles without stopping,”,

(b) the substitution of “£500” for “ten pounds”, and

(c) the substitution of “£500, or at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, or to both the fine and the imprisonment” for “twenty-five pounds” (substituted by the Act of 1971).