Cap 556 s 29 Offence of negligent act or omission by employee (MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	556	Title:	MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	L.N. 136 of 2000
Section:	29	Heading:	Offence of negligent act or omission by employee	Version Date:	30/06/2000

(1) If-

(a) in connection with his duty, an employee of the Corporation negligently does or omits to do anything in relation to the condition or operation of a part of the railway or railway premises after that part has come into operation; and

(b) by that act or omission, the safety of a person being on the railway or on railway premises is endangered, or is likely to be endangered,

the employee commits an offence and is liable-

(i) except as provided in paragraph (ii), to a fine at level 2; or

(ii) if the act or omission results in serious injury to or the death of a person being on the railway or railway premises, to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(2) For the purposes of this section, negligence is the failure to exercise the care or skill that a reasonable employee in the situation would exercise.