地下铁路条例-香港法律法规-香港公司

第556章详题

本条例旨在就以下事宜及与其相关的目的作出规定─
(a)向根据《公司条例》(第32章)成立为法团的地铁有限公司批予专营权，由该公司经营地下铁路、建造并经营铁路的任何延长部分；
(b)规管地下铁路在专营权下的运作，包括铁路安全的各方面问题；
(c)废除《地下铁路公司条例》(第270章)，解散根据该条例成立为法团的地下铁路公司，以及将该公司的财产、权利及法律责任转归予地铁有限公司；
(d)关乎地铁有限公司成立为法团的事宜，以及关乎该公司的股份的分配和若干成文法则就该公司而适用的事宜。
[本条例(附表6第13条除外)
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2000年6月30日
2000年第136号法律公告
附表6第13条
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2001年1月12日
2000年第348号法律公告]
(本为2000年第13号)

第556章第1条简称
第I部
导言
(1)本条例可引称为《地下铁路条例》。
(2)(已失时效而略去)

第556章第2条释义
(1)在本条例中，除文意另有所指外─
“已废除条例”(repealed Ordinance) 指《地下铁路公司条例》(第270章)；
“地下铁路”(Mass Transit Railway) 指不时由局长签署并由地铁公司存放于土地注册处的图则所显示的名为地下铁路的铁路系统或其任何部分；
“地下铁路公司”(Mass Transit Railway Corporation) 指由已废除条例第3(1)条设立并以地下铁路公司为名的个体；
“地铁公司”(Corporation) 指地铁有限公司；
“地铁有限公司”(MTR Corporation Limited) 指根据《公司条例》(第32章)成立为法团并以地铁有限公司为名的个体；
“局长”(Secretary) 指环境运输及工务局局长； (由2002年第106号法律公告修订)
“延长部分”(extension) 就铁路而言，指在根据《铁路条例》(第519章)批准的方案中订定的延长部分；
“服务”(service) 指铁路服务；
“指定日期”(appointed day) 指根据第3条定出为指定日期的日期；
“专营期”(franchise period) 指在第4条下所批予的专营权的期间，亦指按本条例延续的专营权的期间；
“专营权”(franchise) 指根据第4条批予的专营权；
“视察主任”(inspector) 指根据第26条委任为视察主任的人；
“署长”(Commissioner) 指运输署署长；
“运输交汇处”(transport interchange) 指根据第31条经署长核证并由地铁公司存放于土地注册处的图则所划定的任何地方、空间或建筑物；
“营运协议”(operating agreement) 指不时具有效力，由局长代表政府与地铁公司订立的协议，而且其中的条款宣布其为为施行本条例而订立的营运协议、或为修订或补充该协议的协议；
“铁路”(railway) 指地下铁路；
“铁路处所”(railway premises) 指─
(a)由地铁公司占用，并为列车运载乘客或提供列车运载乘客的附带设施而设计、装备或预留的任何地方、空间或建筑物；及
(b)在(a)段指明的处所内的列车。(2)在本条例中凡提述铁路的建造，即提述承担以铁路的设计和规划为始而以铁路投入运作为终的过程的每一阶段。

第556章第3条指定日期
为施行本条例，运输局局长可藉宪报公告定出某日期为指定日期*。
(由2002年第106号法律公告修订)___________________________________________________________________________
注：
*为施行本条例，运输局局长已藉宪报2000年第3903号政府公告定出2000年6月30日为指定日期。

第556章第4条批予专营权给地铁公司经营铁路
第II部
专营权的批予及延续
(1)在符合本条例的规定下，现向地铁公司批予以下事项的专营权─
(a)经营地下铁路，包括铁路的任何延长部分；
(b)建造铁路的任何延长部分，专营权为期50年，自指定日期起计。
(2)由政府与地铁公司协定就专营权具有效力的条款及条件，即列于营运协议的条款及条件。

第556章第5条专营权的延续
(1)在专营期届满前5年之前并属专营期内的任何一个或多于一个时间，地铁公司可向行政长官会同行政会议申请延续专营权。
(2)根据本条提出的申请─
(a)须藉通知书向局长提出；及
(b)须连同地铁公司意欲提出以支持其申请的所有资料。(3)局长须向行政长官会同行政会议提交报告，报告须列明局长就在顾及所有有关的考虑事项后(包括营运协议所载的任何关于专营权的延续的条文)，应否延续专营权的问题的建议。
(4)行政长官会同行政会议可批准延续专营权，但只有在其信纳地铁公司有能力根据本条例及营运协议维持妥善而有效率的服务的情况下，才可批准延续。
(5)关于根据本条批予延续专营权的公告须在宪报刊登。

第556章第6条移转专营权的限制
除非有行政长官会同行政会议的批准，否则地铁公司不得将专营权或部分专营权移转。

第556章第7条地铁公司的董事
除非有行政长官会同行政会议的准许，否则地铁公司的董事(根据第8条委任的增补董事除外)当中，必须有过半数是通常居于香港的人士。

第556章第8条行政长官可委任增补董事
(1)行政长官可委任不超过3人为地铁公司的增补董事(在本条中称为“增补董事”)，任期由行政长官指示。
(2)增补董事只可由行政长官免任。
(3)在不抵触本部的条文下，就所有目的而言，增补董事须视为犹如是在地铁公司的全体大会上获委任为地铁公司董事一样。
(4)在不影响第(3)款的一般性的原则下，增补董事有权─
(a)参与地铁公司会议及地铁公司董事局会议；
(b)取览关于地铁公司事务的所有资料；及
(c)获提供他所指明的关于地铁公司事务的资料，其方式及程度如同地铁公司任何其他董事一样。
(5)《公司条例》(第32章)及任何其他法律及任何文件，均须在本条的规限下予以解释。

第556章第9条地铁公司须维持妥善而有效率的服务
第III部
在专营权下经营的表现
地铁公司在专营期内任何时间，均须按照本条例及营运协议维持妥善而有效率的服务。

第556章第10条局长可取得资料
(1)局长可藉发给地铁公司的书面通知，规定地铁公司在通知书所指明的在有关情况下属合理的期间内─
(a)给予局长充分的便利，使其能够取得地铁公司与专营权相关的业务及事务的资料；及
(b)按通知书所指明的方式及合理的时间，向局长提供关于(a)段所指明的事项的资料，并给予他核实该资料的便利。(2)在第(1)款中凡提述任何资料，即提述局长为核实地铁公司已遵从本条例的条文、营运协议及根据本条例或营运协议作出的任何指示、说明或规定而合理地需要的资料。
(3)地铁公司如无合理辩解而没有遵从根据本条发出的通知书，即属犯罪，可处第4级罚款。

第556章第11条纪录
(1)地铁公司须就以下关乎铁路的事项备存纪录，而纪录的备存须达致令局长满意的程度─
(a)使用中或正在维修的列车的数目及运载量；
(b)车程数目及行车路程总计；
(c)运载的乘客人数；
(d)收入；
(e)导致服务停顿20分钟或以上的任何事故的详情；
(f)列车的维修；
(g)已订购的或在建造中的列车的数目、类型及运载量，以及该等列车相当可能会供在铁路运作方面使用的详情。(2)局长可藉发给地铁公司的书面通知，规定地铁公司在通知书所指明的在有关情况下属合理的期间内─
(a)按通知书所指明的格式及合理的时间，向局长提供按照第(1)款备存的纪录的副本；
(b)准许局长或局长以书面授权的任何人，在任何合理的时间查阅按照第(1)款备存的所有纪录。(3)局长或局长授权的人可将根据第(2)(b)款查阅的纪录复制副本。
(4)地铁公司如无合理辩解而没有遵从第(1)款或根据第(2)款发出的通知书，即属犯罪，可处第4级罚款。

第556章第12条在第10及11条下的权力所受的限制
(1)第10或11条并不规定地铁公司或任何其他人─
(a)出示任何不能在高等法院民事法律程序中强迫该公司或该人出示的文件；或
(b)在遵从任何提供资料的规定时，提供任何不能在高等法院民事法律程序中强迫该公司或该人提供作为证据的资料。(2)局长或任何其他人不得披露任何依据第10或11条取得的资料，但如他已就意图披露该等资料而谘询地铁公司，则属例外。

第556章第13条行政长官会同行政会议可作出指示
(1)行政长官会同行政会议如认为公众利益有此需要，可在局长与地铁公司协商后，就任何与专营权相关的事宜向地铁公司作出书面指示。
(2)该等指示可属一般或特定性质。
(3)除非根据本条作出的指示与本条例有所抵触，否则地铁公司须遵从该指示。
(4)如地铁公司遵从根据本条作出的指示并蒙受在任何方面因该项遵从而引致的任何种类的损失或损害(包括相应而生的损失)或在任何方面归因于该项遵从而有的上述损失或损害，则政府有责任就该等损失或损害向地铁公司支付补偿。
(5)第(4)款所提述的损失或损害，包括因地铁公司遵从根据本条作出而违反审慎商业原则的指示而引致的损失或损害，以及可归因于地铁公司遵从该等指示的损失或损害。

第556章第14条行政长官会同行政会议可施加罚款
(1)如地铁公司违反本条例或营运协议的任何条文，或违反根据本条例或营运协议作出的任何指示、说明或规定，行政长官会同行政会议可于局长作出转介后藉书面通知，就该项违反向地铁公司施加该通知所指明的罚款。
(2)除非有以下各项情况，否则不得根据第(1)款施加罚款─
(a)地铁公司已获给予机会向行政长官会同行政会议作出申述；及
(b)行政长官会同行政会议信纳有以下情况─
(i)地铁公司在重大程度上违反或持续违反有关条文、指示、说明或规定；及
(ii)(如有关义务属持续性质)地铁公司已有合理机会就该项违反作出补救。(3)根据本条施加的罚款─
(a)就任何违反而言─
(i)首次施加的罚款不得超过相等于第3级罚款的款额；
(ii)第二次施加的罚款不得超过相等于第4级罚款的款额；
(iii)第三次或以后施加的罚款不得超过相等于第5级罚款的款额；(b)就任何持续性质的违反而言，就该项违反持续期间的每一天，不得超过$10000，在本款中，凡提述相等于某级数的罚款的款额，即提述《刑事诉讼程序条例》(第221章)附表8所示的适用于根据某条例订定的某罪行的该级数的罚款的款额。
(4)根据本条施加的罚款，可由政府作为民事债项追讨。
(5)行政长官会同行政会议在考虑根据本条施加罚款时，不得考虑先前为根据本条施加罚款而考虑过的地铁公司的任何违反事宜，但如地铁公司没有支付该先前罚款所规定的款额，或没有对导致该项违反的失责作出纠正，则属例外。
(6)凡本条例规定违反本条例某条文即属犯罪，则本条不适用于该条文。

第556章第15条专营权的暂时中止
第IV部
专营权的暂时中止、专营权的撤销及专营期的届满等
(1)于局长作出转介后，行政长官会同行政会议如认为─
(a)紧急情况存在或相当可能出现紧急情况；或
(b)铁路的运作因任何原因或相当可能因任何原因而出现严重停顿(看似能够在一段合理期间内补救的停顿除外)，并认为为公众利益应将专营权暂时中止，可命令将专营权的全部或部分暂时中止。
(2)局长于根据第(1)(b)款作出转介前，须在当时情况下属切实可行的范围内，就拟作出的转介谘询地铁公司；局长并须使行政长官会同行政会议知悉地铁公司在谘询过程中所作出的申述。
(3)根据第(1)款作出的暂时中止令，在行政长官会同行政会议命令予以终止前一直持续有效。
(4)凡有根据第(1)或(3)款作出的命令，须向地铁公司发出该命令的书面通知。
(5)凡专营权根据第(1)款全部或部分暂时中止，政府、政府的代名人或政府指定的第三者─
(a)可接管地铁公司于上述暂时中止所关乎的该部分专营权方面或在与该部分专营权有关连的情况下在该项暂时中止发生时所使用或保存的任何财产；
(b)在上述专营权暂时中止期间，可保留根据(a)段接管的财产，并可视乎其认为合适而将该财产用于铁路运作。(6)政府有责任就下述项目支付补偿─
(a)根据第(5)款接管的财产的使用、损失或损坏；及
(b)(根据第18条撤销专营权的情况除外)地铁公司所蒙受、在任何方面因专营权根据第(1)款暂时中止而引致的任何种类的损失或损害(包括相应而生的损失)或在任何方面归因于该项暂时中止而有的上述损失或损害。(7)第(5)款所赋予的接管财产和将该财产用于铁路运作的权利，包括将该财产保存或保持在就该目的而言是认为属适当的状况的权利，及按就该目的而言是认为属适当的方式将该财产改变的权利；而在不影响任何根据第(6)款享有补偿的权利的原则下，就根据第(5)款接管的财产在保存时所处的状况或就该财产在归还时所处的状况而言，本条例或任何其他法律并无对政府施加任何义务。

第556章第16条在专营权下的失责行为
为施行第17及18条，如出现以下情况，地铁公司即在专营权下有失责行为─
(a)以下其中一种情况出现─
(i)地铁公司在重大程度上没有履行在营运协议下的某项义务；或
(ii)地铁公司在重大程度上已没有或相当可能会在重大程度上没有按照本条例营运铁路，
而该种情况导致或相当可能会导致─
(A)出现严重服务停顿；
(B)在铁路乘搭列车或在铁路处所内的人的安全受到危害，以致相当可能会导致他们严重受伤；或
(C)在铁路乘搭列车或在铁路处所内的人严重受伤或死亡；或(b)地铁公司展开自动清盘或有清盘令就地铁公司而作出，而“失责行为”一词则须据此解释。

第556章第17条可补救的失责行为
(1)凡局长觉得地铁公司有失责行为，并觉得该失责行为是可补救的，局长可向地铁公司送达通知书，要求地铁公司─
(a)对该失责行为作出补救，或采取令局长满意的措施或作出令局长满意的安排，以确保该失责行为得到补救；及
(b)在该通知书所指明的期间(该期间在有关情况下须属合理)或在局长容许的较长期间内，作出上述补救或安排，或采取上述措施。(2)除非情况有需要，否则根据第(1)款送达的通知书所指明的期间不得少于28天。

第556章第18条专营权的撤销
(1)凡─
(a)局长向行政长官会同行政会议报告，指出地铁公司违反根据第17条送达的通知书；或
(b)行政长官会同行政会议觉得地铁公司有失责行为，而局长已向行政长官会同行政会议报告，指出该失责行为是不可补救的，行政长官会同行政会议可指示局长向地铁公司送达通知书，规定地铁公司提出因由解释为何不应根据第(5)款作出命令。
(2)根据第(1)款送达的通知书须指明是就第(1)(a)款或是就第(1)(b)款而发出的，而─
(a)就第(1)款(a)段而发出的通知书，须载有该段所提述的通知书的详情及局长报告的摘要；
(b)就第(1)(b)款而发出的通知书，须指明有关失责行为的性质。(3)地铁公司可在由根据第(1)款送达通知书的日期起计的28天内，或在行政长官会同行政会议所容许的较长期间内，向行政长官会同行政会议作出书面申述，提出因由解释为何不应根据第(5)款作出命令。
(4)在根据第(5)款作出命令前，行政长官会同行政会议须考虑根据第(3)款作出的任何申述，以及(如适用的话)第(6)款所提述的任何事宜。
(5)凡行政长官会同行政会议认为地铁公司并没有提出充分因由解释为何不应根据本款作出命令─
(a)而他觉得有关失责行为是可补救的，并且觉得─
(i)局长本应根据第17条送达通知书但却并无送达，或任何已送达的通知书的条款不合理；及
(ii)该失责行为仍可补救，
则行政长官会同行政会议可藉命令指示局长根据第17条送达通知书或另一通知书，而该等通知书的条款由行政长官会同行政会议决定；或(b)在其他失责行为的情况下，如他觉得撤销专营权是公正和合理的话，行政长官会同行政会议可在第(8)款规限下，藉命令撤销专营权。(6)行政长官会同行政会议根据第(5)款行使权力时，须考虑有关失责行为在多大程度上是因地铁公司不能控制的情况所导致。
(7)根据─
(a)第(5)(a)款作出的命令须送交局长，而局长根据第17条送达的通知书则须附有该命令的副本一份；
(b)第(5)(b)款作出的命令须送达地铁公司，并须于送达后在切实可行范围内尽快在宪报刊登。(8)凡本条所述的程序与某事宜有关，而该事宜为根据第53(1)条提出的上诉的标的，则行政长官会同行政会议在该宗上诉被裁定或放弃之前，不得根据第(5)(b)款作出命令。
(9)政府无责任就根据本条作出的专营权的撤销支付任何补偿，但根据第20条须付的补偿除外。

第556章第19条政府使用铁路财产
(1)凡专营权根据第18条被撤销，或专营期已届满而没有根据第5条获延续，政府、政府的代名人或政府指定的第三者可接管地铁公司于专营权方面或在与专营权有关连的情况下在该项撤销发生时或专营期届满时所使用或保存的任何财产，并可视乎其认为合适而将该财产用于铁路运作。
(2)根据第(1)款接管的财产可按以下规定的期间予以保留─
(a)首段保留期间不超过2年，由行政长官会同行政会议决定；及
(b)以后接续的每段延续期间均不超过6个月，由行政长官会同行政会议决定，而有关任何该等决定的公告须在宪报刊登。
(3)除第(4)款另有规定外及在不抵触第(5)款的规定下，于本条所指的保留期间内的任何时间或于保留期间届满时，根据第(1)款接管的财产可归还地铁公司，或按行政长官会同行政会议认为合适的方式及条款另作处置。
(4)于任何财产根据第(2)款被保留的期间内的任何时间，地铁公司可向局长发出书面通知，告知政府地铁公司不欲该财产归还地铁公司；在此情况下，政府无权根据第(3)款将该财产归还地铁公司。
(5)第(1)款所赋予的接管财产和将该财产用于铁路运作的权利，包括将该财产保存或保持在就该目的而言是认为属适当的状况的权利，及按就该目的而言是认为属适当的方式将该财产改变的权利；而在不影响任何根据第20条享有补偿的权利的原则下，本条例或任何其他法律，并不就根据第(1)款接管的财产被保存时所处的状况或该财产在归还时所处的状况，对政府施加任何义务。
(6)为根据第(3)款处置根据第(1)款接管的财产的目的并在为达致该目的而有需要的范围内，并只限于为该目的及在该范围内，有关财产的所有权须当作转归予政府。

第556章第20条就根据第19条使用铁路财产的补偿
(1)政府有责任就根据第19条接管的财产的使用、损失或损坏支付补偿。
(2)如根据第19条接管的财产在根据第19(3)条作处置时并非予以归还地铁公司，则按照第(1)款支付的补偿，须以该财产并无获替换或其损失并无以其他方式予以补偿的范围为限。
(3)凡根据第19条接管的财产，是政府、政府的代名人或政府指定的第三者已凭借行使第15(5)条赋予的权力而管有的财产，则根据第15(6)条须付的补偿款额，须自若非因本款即须根据本条支付的补偿款额中扣除。
(4)地铁公司根据第19(4)条发出的通知书并不影响地铁公司根据本条享有补偿的权利；因此，在计算就该通知书所指明的财产而根据本条须付的补偿款额时，所用方式须犹如在无发出该通知书的情况下已根据第19(3)条处置有关财产一样。
(5)根据本条须付予地铁公司的补偿款额的计算方式，须按照营运协议内关乎计算根据本条须付的补偿的条文。

第556章第21条政府可被要求接管铁路财产
(1)凡行使第19(1)条所赋予的权力而接管地铁公司于专营权方面或在与专营权有关连的情况下所使用或保存的任何财产，并于该次接管有任何其他根据该款政府、政府的代名人或政府指定的第三者有权接管但没有如此接管的财产，则地铁公司可向局长发出通知书，要求政府接管该财产。
(2)根据第(1)款就某财产发出的通知书，须在自行使第19(1)条所赋予的权力的日期起计的6个月内发出，并须─
(a)指明该财产及其所在位置；
(b)载有资料或连同文件，核实该财产于行使第19(1)条所赋予的权力时，是地铁公司于专营权方面或在与专营权有关连的情况下所使用或保存的财产；及
(c)载有政府接触和接管该财产所需的所有资料。(3)除非接管受到某些法律上的阻碍或除非无法接触该财产，否则政府须接管第(1)款所指的通知书所指明的财产。
(4)就第20(1)及(2)条而言，政府根据本条接管财产须视为犹如根据第19(1)条接管该财产一样。
(5)为处置根据第(3)款接管的财产的目的并在为达致该目的而有需要的范围内，并只限于为该目的及在该范围内，有关财产的所有权须当作转归予政府。
(6)任何人均不得以根据本条接管的财产并非政府根据本条有权接管的财产为理由，而就接管该财产提出针对政府的诉讼。

第556章第22条进入的权力
政府、政府的代名人或政府指定的第三者为根据本部接管财产的目的，可进入为该目的而有合理需要进入的任何处所。

第556章第23条补偿申索的和解或裁定
第V部
补偿
(1)政府可就任何根据本条例作出的补偿申索作出妥协或和解。
(2)政府与申索人如没有就根据本条例须付予申索人的补偿款额(如有的话)达成协议，则该项补偿须藉根据《仲裁条例》(第341章)进行的仲裁厘定。
(3)为第(2)款所指的仲裁的目的，政府与申索人须视为已订立《仲裁条例》(第341章)所指的仲裁协议，而其条款包括一项规定，说明该项补偿在没有达成协议的情况下须由单一仲裁员厘定。

第556章第24条暂缴付款以待厘定补偿
(1)政府在等待仲裁员按第23条的规定厘定补偿的期间，可向申索人支付某个款额，作为根据仲裁员的厘定而须付的款额(如有的话)的暂缴付款。
(2)政府根据第(1)款就任何申索作出的付款并不影响该宗申索，亦不影响根据本部向仲裁员提交该宗申索或仲裁员根据本部就该宗申索作出裁定；但根据仲裁员就该宗申索作出的裁定而须付的补偿款额，须扣减该项付款。
(3)凡根据第(2)款扣减根据第(1)款作出的付款的款额，则就第25(1)条而言，只有经如此扣减后的补偿款额方可获付利息。
(4)凡政府根据第(1)款就任何申索作出付款的款额，超逾仲裁员就该宗申索而厘定的补偿款额，则超出的款额可由政府作为民事债项追讨。

第556章第25条补偿的利息
(1)除本条及第24(3)条另有规定外，根据本条例须付的补偿款项自其须予支付的日期起至已予支付为止孳生利息，利率为香港金融管理局所厘定的基本利率减去100个基点。
(2)就根据本条例须付的补偿款额达成协议后或于该补偿款额由仲裁员厘定后的任何时间，政府可藉宪报公告，规定申索人在该公告指明的时间内和在该公告指明的地点领取该款额；政府如作出该规定，即无须根据本条例就如此指明的时间届满后的期间支付利息。
(3)政府无须根据本条例就任何与仲裁程序相关的讼费或报酬支付利息。

第556章第26条视察主任的委任
第VI部
铁路的安全
(1)局长可为施行本部而以书面委任任何人为视察主任。
(2)并非公职人员的视察主任，可获支付由财政司司长厘定的款额作为其服务酬金，而该款额须从立法会就此项用途而拨出的款项支付。
(3)视察主任在行使任何权力时，如有人提出要求，须向该人出示他的身分证明及委任证明。
(4)视察主任可带同他合理地需要的人，以协助行使他的权力。

第556章第27条视察主任的一般权力
(1)视察主任可─
(a)于任何合理时间进入本款适用的处所；
(b)对本款适用的处所或任何在与专营权有关连的情况下所使用的机械、机械装置或设备进行他认为合宜的测试或检查；
(c)规定本款适用的人─
(i)作出视察主任合理地认为是便利任何测试或检查所需的任何事情；
(ii)向视察主任提供视察主任所指明的关乎铁路的资料或关乎与铁路相关的任何机械、机械装置或设备的资料，并回答为该目的所需的任何问题或出示为该目的所需的任何文件以供查阅；及
(iii)提供任何根据第(ii)节视察主任可规定出示以供查阅的文件的副本。(2)第(1)款适用于─
(a)铁路、铁路处所及正在或曾在铁路上进行工程的承建商或次承建商的处所；及
(b)地铁公司的雇员、(a)段所述的任何承建商或次承建商及其雇员。(3)本条所赋予或根据第33条订立的规例所赋予的权力，只可由视察主任为以下目的而行使─
(a)确保铁路或铁路处所的安全；或
(b)调查涉及铁路的意外，或在铁路或铁路处所内发生的意外，而该项调查是依据上述规例而指示该主任进行的，而就铁路的延长部分而言，上述权力只可在有关延长部分已投入运作并供公众使用后方可行使。
(4)本条并不规定任何人─
(a)出示任何不能在高等法院民事法律程序中强迫他出示的文件；或
(b)在遵从任何提供资料的规定时，提供不能在高等法院民事法律程序中强迫他提供作为证据的资料。(5)除非视察主任已事先给予地铁公司合理通知，否则他不得披露任何依据本条取得的资料，但向局长披露该等资料则不受本条所限。
(6)任何人─
(a)无合理辩解而没有遵从根据第(1)(c)款作出的规定；
(b)明知而向根据第(1)(c)款行事的视察主任提供在要项上属虚假或具误导性的资料；或
(c)妨碍视察主任行使第(1)款赋予他的权力，即属犯罪，可处第2级罚款及监禁6个月。

第556章第28条局长基于安全方面的考虑可规定地铁公司进行工程
(1)凡局长认为─
(a)铁路已投入运作的某部分或该部分的任何机械、机械装置或设备的状况；或
(b)铁路或铁路某部分的运作方式，引致或相当可能引致有人受伤的危险，局长可规定地铁公司进行工程或采取步骤，以确保有关的状况或运作方式，不再引致或不再相当可能引致上述危险。
(2)根据第(1)款作出的规定，须藉向地铁公司发出书面通知作出。该通知书─
(a)须指明所规定进行的工程或采取的步骤；
(b)可指明地铁公司须于何时之前开始进行指明的工程或采取指明的步骤，以及必须于何时完成该工程或步骤。(3)地铁公司如无合理辩解而违反根据本条发出的通知书，即属犯罪，可处第6级罚款，而就经证实地铁公司无合理辩解而持续违反该通知书的期间的每一天，可另处罚款$10000。
(4)看来是由局长为施行本条而签署的通知书的文件的文本─
(a)在就第(3)款所订罪行而进行的法律程序中出示时，即须接纳为证据，而无须再作证明；及
(b)即为局长意见的充分证据及该文件所载其他事项的充分证据。

第556章第29条雇员疏忽作为或不作为的罪行
(1)地铁公司的雇员如─
(a)在与其职责相关的情况下，疏忽地作出或疏忽地不作出任何与已投入运作的铁路部分或铁路处所部分的状况或运作有关的事情；及
(b)因作出或不作出上述事情而危害或相当可能危害在铁路上或在铁路处所内的人的安全，即属犯罪，并且─
(i)除第(ii)段另有规定外，可处第2级罚款；或
(ii)如(a)段所述的作出或不作出有关事情导致在铁路上或在铁路处所内的人严重受伤或死亡，可处第2级罚款及监禁6个月。(2)就本条而言，疏忽指雇员没有采取一名合理的雇员在有关的处境下会采取的谨慎态度，或没有运用一名合理的雇员在有关的处境下会运用的技巧。

第556章第30条故意危害安全的罪行
任何人如─
(a)故意作出或故意不作出任何与铁路或铁路处所有关的事情；及
(b)因作出或不作出上述事情而危害或相当可能危害在铁路上或在铁路处所内的任何人的安全，即属犯罪，可处第6级罚款及监禁3年。

第556章第31条运输交汇处
第VII部
运输交汇处
(1)地铁公司须预留该公司认为为进行和便利铁路与任何其他运输设施之间的接驳而属必需或合宜的任何地方、空间或建筑物或其部分，作为运输交汇处。
(2)地铁公司须在署长同意下，就每一个运输交汇处拟备划定该交汇处界线的图则。
(3)地铁公司可在署长同意下，不时更改运输交汇处的界线。
(4)凡地铁公司根据第(3)款更改运输交汇处的界线，该公司须拟备划定经如此更改的运输交汇处界线的图则，而自关于该等图则的公告根据第(6)款刊登之日起，或自该公告所指明的任何较后日期起，该等图则即取代任何先前的图则。
(5)根据第(2)或(4)款拟备的图则，须予以编号和注明日期，以及由署长签署和核证为该等图则所关乎的运输交汇处的图则，该等图则并须由地铁公司存放于土地注册处。
(6)地铁公司须安排于宪报刊登关于根据第(5)款存放图则的公告。

第556章第32条其他条例的适用范围
(1)除第(2)款另有规定外，《公共巴士服务条例》(第230章)适用于运输交汇处以及就运输交汇处而适用，而《道路交通条例》(第374章)中适用于私家路的规定，则适用于运输交汇处内的道路，并就运输交汇处内的道路而适用。
(2)如根据本条例订立的关于运输交汇处的规例或附例与第(1)款指明的法律条文有所抵触，则在有抵触之处的范围内，该等规例或附例凌驾于该等法律条文。

第556章第33条规例
第VIII部
规例与附例
(1)局长可就任何为有效施行本条例而属必需的事情订立规例，包括(但不限于)为以下任何或所有目的订立规例─
(a)管制和规管─
(i)地铁公司对铁路的维修及运作；及
(ii)公众人士对铁路的使用及他们在铁路处所内的行为；(b)为施行第10条而订定关于向地铁公司取得资料的条文；
(c)为施行第11条而订定关于地铁公司备存纪录的条文；
(d)为在铁路上或在铁路处所内的人的安全而订定条文；
(e)为调查在铁路或铁路处所内发生的意外或涉及铁路的意外而订定条文；
(f)管制和规管运输交汇处的使用；
(g)规管在铁路上的失物的处置；及
(h)就根据本条例须订明或可订明的任何事情订定条文。(2)为施行第(1)(e)款而订立的规例可─
(a)赋予视察主任强迫有关人士提供关于意外的资料的权力，包括为此目的而传召某人到他面前的权力，并可就付款予被如此传召的人订定条文；及
(b)规定对视察主任的传召或规定须予遵从，并可禁止妨碍视察主任行事，及可禁止提供虚假或具误导性的资料。(3)为施行第(1)(f)款而订立的规例可就运输交汇处及其使用─
(a)赋权署长就车辆与行人交通的管制和规管，以及公共运输服务、停车场与泊车位的运作，向地铁公司作出指示；
(b)赋权署长作出或安排作出地铁公司根据规例须作出或被指示作出但并没有作出的任何作为，并将作出或安排作出该作为所招致或附带的任何费用作为民事债项向地铁公司追讨；
(c)对于地铁公司就以下方面在取得署长批准后提供的足够、有效率、安全和持续的道路和设施，作出管制和规管─
(i)车辆及公众人士使用运输交汇处；
(ii)公共运输服务的运作；
(iii)车辆的停泊；(d)赋权地铁公司─
(i)竖立或放置交通标志、道路标记及交通灯；
(ii)设置斑马线及交通灯管制的过路处；
(iii)更改、暂停或取消任何根据为施行本段而订立的规例作出的事情，
或在署长的批准下作出上述事情；(e)赋权地铁公司─
(i)划定巴士站、小巴站、的士候客处、限制区、禁区、停车场及泊车位；
(ii)施加速度限制；
(iii)更改、暂停或取消任何根据为施行本段而订立的规例作出的事情，
或在署长的批准下作出上述事情；(f)赋权地铁公司或获地铁公司为此而授权的任何人为管制交通或为车辆停泊而发出许可证、授权书、通行证及票单；
(g)就车辆及公众人士进入任何运输交汇处，作出规定；
(h)就任何根据本条例须预先取得署长的批准方可作出的事情，授权地铁公司在预先取得该批准并非切实可行的情况下，可不预先取得该批准而作出该项事情；
(i)就地铁公司雇员或获地铁公司为此而授权的其他人管制和规管车辆与行人交通的权力，订定条文；及
(j)规定无须就根据或凭借该等有利于运输交汇处在对铁路提供服务方面的运作的规例所作出的任何事情，或根据或凭借该等规例而规定须作出的任何事情，向地铁公司支付补偿。

第556章第34条附例
(1)地铁公司可为以下任何或所有目的，以其法团印章，订立附例─
(a)订明与使用其服务有关的条款及条件；
(b)管制和规管─
(i)使用铁路或在铁路处所的公众人士的行为；
(ii)证明(不论是藉发出车票或其他方法)铁路车费的支付及任何运载铁路乘客合约的系统；
(iii)在铁路处所进行广告宣传；及
(iv)在铁路处所发现的财物的保管及处置；(c)保护地铁公司在铁路处所的财产；
(d)就运输交汇处方面─
(i)按署长的批准而管制和规管各种类的车辆与行人交通；
(ii)管制和规管在巴士站、小巴站及的士候客处的车辆及公众人士的行为；
(iii)管制和规管在停车场及泊车位的车辆及公众人士的行为；
(iv)管制和规管在运输交汇处其他部分的公众人士的行为；
(v)就作出任何下述事情，订定条文─
(A)在署长的批准下，竖立或放置交通标志、道路标记及交通灯；
(B)在署长的批准下，设置斑马线及交通灯管制的过路处；
(C)在署长的批准下，更改、暂停或取消任何根据为施行本节而订立的附例作出的事情；(vi)就作出下述事情，订定条文─
(A)在署长的批准下，划定巴士站、小巴站、的士候客处、限制区、禁区、停车场及泊车位；
(B)在署长的批准下，施加速度限制；
(C)在署长的批准下，更改、暂停或取消任何根据为施行本节而订立的附例作出的事情；(vii)就为管制交通或为车辆停泊而发出许可证、授权书、通行证及票单，订定条文，以及就设定和收取车辆停泊费，订定条文；
(viii)就下述事情，订定条文─
(A)拖走、锁押、移走和处置任何在运输交汇处内造成阻碍的车辆或物件；
(B)就该等车辆或物件的拖走或移走、锁押、存放、扣留或维修，设定和收取经署长批准的收费；(ix)为限制或免除地铁公司就任何财产损失或损坏所负的法律责任而订定条文；
(x)授权任何人为施行本段而代其行事。(2)根据本条订立的附例，不得与本条例或根据本条例订立的规例有所抵触。
(3)根据本条订立的所有附例，均须经立法会批准。
(4)地铁公司须安排将根据本条订立的所有附例的印本备存于其注册办事处，并以合理价钱出售予任何人。

第556章第35条与规例及附例有关的进一步权力
(1)根据第33条订立的规例或根据第34条订立的附例，可赋权在铁路处所或运输交汇处的地铁公司雇员或获地铁公司为此而授权的人─
(a)羁留任何被合理地怀疑已违反本条例、该等规例或附例的人，并采取该等规例或附例订定的任何其他步骤，以确保按照法律处置该人；
(b)就任何违反本条例、该等规例或附例的事项，截停、搜查和羁留任何车辆。(2)根据第33(1)(f)条订立的规例或根据第34条订立的附例，可赋权地铁公司雇员或获地铁公司为此而授权的任何人─
(a)要求被怀疑违反本条例、该等规例或附例的人，向其提供该人的个人详情；
(b)要求牵涉入该违反事项的车辆的登记车主，向其提供车辆在关键时间的驾驶人的个人详情。(3)根据第33条订立的规例或根据第34条订立的附例，可规定凡违反该等规例或附例任何指明的条文，即属犯罪，并可订明该等罪行的罚则，最高罚则为第2级罚款及监禁6个月。
(4)根据第33条订立的规例或根据第34条订立的附例，如规定小贩在铁路处所贩卖属犯罪，则亦可规定《公众生及市政条例》(第132章)第86、86A、86C及86D条的全部或任何部分均适用于该罪行，犹如该罪行是该条例第83条所指的小贩罪行一样。
(5)根据第34(1)(d)条订立的附例，可规定凡违反该等附例任何指明的条文即须缴付定额罚款，并可就追讨该等罚款订定条文。

第556章第36条释义
第IX部
转归条文及过渡性安排
(1)在本部中，除文意另有所指外，“财政年度”(financial year) 指于12月31日结束的一年，而凡提述地下铁路公司的上一个完整财政年度，即为提述于指定日期前结束的地下铁路公司的上一个财政年度。
(2)在本部中，凡提述地下铁路公司的财产、权利及法律责任，即为提述─
(a)每一类别的财产及资产(不论是实体的或是无形的)，以及每一类别的权利及法律责任(不论是现存的或是将来的，实有的或是或有的)；
(b)不论位于何处的财产或受任何地方的法律管限的权利及法律责任；
(c)所有该等财产、权利及法律责任，不论地下铁路公司能否将其移转或转让。

第556章第37条地下铁路公司的财产等转归予地铁公司
详列交互参照：
38， 39，40， 41
转归
(1)地下铁路公司在紧接指定日期前享有的所有财产及权利，及该公司在紧接指定日期前负上的所有法律责任，均于指定日期当日凭借本条成为地铁公司的财产、权利及法律责任。
(2)第38至41条为本条的补充条文，并相应地在受第(1)款的规限下，以及在不限制第(1)款的一般性的原则下，自指定日期起生效。〈* 注─详列交互参照：第38，39，40，41条 *〉

第556章第38条影响地下铁路公司的协议、交易等
详列交互参照：
39， 40，41
(1)任何由地下铁路公司订立的协议、完成的交易或作出的其他事项，或任何对该公司或关乎该公司而订立的协议、完成的交易或作出的其他事项，如在紧接指定日期前有效，即该等协议、交易或事项自指定日期起具有效力，犹如它们是由地铁公司订立、完成或作出，或对地铁公司或关乎地铁公司而订立、完成或作出一样，并犹如地铁公司与地下铁路公司在法律上是同一人一样在各方面具有效力。
(2)据此─
(a)在任何不论是否属书面形式的由地下铁路公司订立的协议、完成的交易或作出的其他事项中，或在任何不论是否属书面形式的对该公司或关乎该公司而订立的协议、完成的交易或作出的其他事项中；
(b)在为进行任何法院、其他审裁处或主管当局席前的程序而发出、拟备或使用的任何程序文件或其他文件中；
(c)在关于或影响凭借第37条转归予地铁公司的地下铁路公司的任何财产、权利或法律责任的任何其他文件(成文法则除外)中，凡提述(不论以明示或隐含的方式)地下铁路公司，须自指定日期起视为提述地铁公司。
(3)如在紧接指定日期前有某项有效的由地下铁路公司订立的协议、完成的交易或作出的其他事项，或有某项有效的对该公司或关乎该公司而订立的协议、完成的交易或作出的其他事项，而该项协议、交易或事项提述(不论以何措词，亦不论以明示或隐含的方式)受雇于该公司或参与该公司业务的人，则该项协议、交易或事项须就须于指定日期当日或之后作出的任何事情具有效力，犹如该项提述，均以对地铁公司所委任的人的提述取代一样，或(如无上述委任)以对身分与该受雇于地下铁路公司或参与该公司业务的人最为接近的受雇于地铁公司或参与地铁公司业务的人的提述取代一样。
(4)为免生疑问，本部凡提述任何由地下铁路公司订立的协议、完成的交易或作出的其他事项，或任何对该公司或关乎该公司而订立的协议、完成的交易或作出的其他事项，包括提述─
(a)该公司所订立或参与订定的、或该公司给予的或给予该公司的、或致予该公司的任何担保、转易书、契据、租契、特许、牌照、通知、通知书、公告、许可、许可证、授予或包含任何抵押的文件、债券、委托、指示以及其他文件或文书；
(b)不论是否属书面形式的给予该公司或由该公司给予的任何指令、命令、指示、委托、授权书、授权、承诺或同意，不论是给予该公司或是给予该公司联同另一人，亦不论是由该公司单独给予或是由该公司联同另一人共同给予；
(c)根据任何法例发出的指示、命令、通知、通知书或公告；
(d)该公司不属其中一方的合约；
(e)任何登记册或注册纪录册内的任何记项。(5)第39至41条为免生疑问而订，并不影响本条的一般性规定。〈* 注─详列交互参照：第39，40，41条 *〉

第556章第39条抵押
(1)由地下铁路公司或由作为该公司的代名人、代理人或受托人的人在紧接指定日期之前持有的任何抵押，均须由地铁公司持有，或由该人作为地铁公司的代名人、代理人或受托人持有(视情况所需而定)，并可供地铁公司使用(不论为地铁公司本身的利益，或为任何其他人的利益使用，视属何情况而定)。
(2)就凭借本部转归予地铁公司的任何抵押或以该抵押作为保证的任何法律责任而言，地铁公司所享有的权利与优先权，以及规限地铁公司的义务与附带条件，与地下铁路公司假如继续持有该抵押则本来会享有的和受规限的一样。
(3)在本条中，“抵押”(security) 指任何藉以保证债项或法律责任(不论是现存或是将来的，实有的或是或有的)会获得偿付或履行的法律上或衡平法上的权益，不论该权益是否以书面证明。

第556章第40条杂项补充条文
(1)就任何凭借本部转归予地铁公司的权利或法律责任而言，地铁公司及所有其他人具有同样的权利、权力及补救方法，以确定、完成或强制执行该项转归的权利或法律责任，犹如该项权利或法律责任在所有时候均属地铁公司的权利或法律责任一样；而在本款中，凡提述权利及权力，均尤其包括对提出法律程序或在法律程序中抗辩或向任何有关当局作出申请或反对该等申请的权利和权力的提述。
(2)任何待决或已展开的由地下铁路公司或针对该公司提出的法律程序，或任何待决或已展开的由该公司或针对该公司向有关当局作出的申请，均须由地铁公司继续或针对地铁公司继续进行，而与地下铁路公司无关。
(3)任何裁定地下铁路公司胜诉或败诉的判决或裁决，如于指定日期之前仍未获完全遵行，则在于紧接指定日期前可由该公司或针对该公司强制执行的范围内，可由地铁公司或针对地铁公司强制执行。
(4)为施行任何下述的于紧接指定日期前有效的条例，地下铁路公司根据该等条例而具有的职能，均成为地铁公司的职能─
(a)与地下铁路公司业务的任何部分有关的条例；或
(b)授权进行拟用于与地下铁路公司业务的任何部分有关方面的工程或授权为进行任何此等工程而取得土地的条例。

第556章第41条与雇佣有关的事宜
(1)就任何与地下铁路公司订立并在紧接指定日期前有效的雇佣合约而言，第37条的效用只是藉以地铁公司取代地下铁路公司而自指定日期起修改该合约，据此，根据该条适用的雇佣合约而受雇于地下铁路公司及地铁公司，在各方面均当作单一项连续受雇。
(2)第37条的效用，是将就每类别的长俸、津贴、酬金及福利的支付而由地下铁路公司订立的协议、完成的交易或作出的其他事项，或就上述支付而对该公司或关乎该公司而订立的协议、完成的交易或作出的其他事项之下的该公司的权利及法律责任(包括地下铁路公司所采用并在紧接指定日期前有效的薪酬检讨机制之下的该等权利及法律责任)，连同该公司的所有其他权利及法律责任转归予地铁公司，而据此─
(a)任何构成或关乎地下铁路公司退休金计划、地下铁路公司留职奖金计划、欧洲办事处退休金计划(该等计划是为地下铁路公司或与地下铁路公司有关的任何其他法人团体的雇员的福利而设立的)的契据、规则、证明书、注册文件、豁免书或其他文件；或
(b)任何地下铁路公司须予支付酬金或福利的权利，如在紧接指定日期前属有效，则在文意许可的情况下，其所具有的解释及效力犹如该文件中对地下铁路公司的提述是对地铁公司的提述一样，亦犹如该项支付酬金或福利的权利乃地铁公司所须支付者一样。
(3)地下铁路公司的董事或核数师均不能仅凭借第37或38条而成为地铁公司的董事或核数师。

第556章第42条股本
关乎地铁公司作为公司的事宜
(1)地铁公司须于指定日期向财政司司长法团发行股份，该等股份须由财政司司长法团以信托方式代政府持有。
(2)依据本条发行的股份─
(a)每股的面值须为财政司司长所指示的款额，并须附有他所决定的权利；
(b)须按面值并作为已缴足股款的股份发行，并须视为已按面值以现金缴足股款的股份；及
(c)总面值不得大于紧接指定日期前地下铁路公司的已发行股份的总面值。(3)《公司条例》(第32章)第43(1)条并不就依据本条分配股份而适用。

第556章第43条帐目
(1)就地铁公司为《公司条例》(第32章)的施行而拟备的任何帐目而言─
(a)自指定日期起，须将地铁公司视为犹如是地下铁路公司的延续一样；
(b)凭借本部而转归予地铁公司的地下铁路公司的任何资产的价值及地下铁路公司的任何法律责任的款额，即在地下铁路公司上一个完整财政年度经审计的帐目中定出的该资产的价值或该法律责任的款额；及
(c)厘定就任何项目须拨入的款额时，地下铁路公司所作的任何事情(不论藉获取、重估或处置任何资产，或藉招致、重估或解除任何法律责任，或藉提拨任何款额作准备金或储备金，或藉其他方式)均犹如是由地铁公司作出的一样。(2)相应地(并在不影响第(1)款的一般性的原则下)─
(a)就不时拨入地铁公司的任何储备金而代表其累积已实现利润的款额的厘定而言，地下铁路公司所实现及保留的利润犹如是地铁公司所实现及保留的一样；
(b)地下铁路公司的每一项其他的储备金或准备金，均成为地铁公司的储备金或准备金；及
(c)地铁公司的每一项储备金或准备金，如属依据(b)段成为地铁公司的储备金或准备金者，其款额、类别及性质，在各方面均与于紧接指定日期前地下铁路公司的相应储备金或准备金的款额、类别及性质相同。(3)在不影响第(1)款的一般性的原则下，自指定日期起，地下铁路公司在指定日期所属的地下铁路公司的财政年度开始后赚取的所有利润或招致的所有损失，均视为地铁公司的利润或损失。
(4)就地铁公司为施行《公司条例》(第32章)而拟备的帐目而言，凭借本部完成的对地铁公司作出的转归，须视为─
(a)于紧接地下铁路公司的上一个完整财政年度结束后完成；及
(b)已将地下铁路公司于紧接其上一个完整财政年度结束前享有或受规限的所有财产、权利及法律责任转归。(5)《公司条例》(第32章)第122(1)条对地铁公司适用及就该公司而适用，犹如该款对“自该公司成立为法团以来的一段期间”的提述，是对紧接地下铁路公司的上一个完整财政年度后开始的期间的提述一样。

第556章第44条股息的分发
就《公司条例》(第32章)第IIA部所适用的、由地铁公司在其包括指定日期在内的财政年度内或在就该财政年度提交任何帐目或将其存档之前的任何时间作出的任何分发而言─
(a)该条例第79F至79L条犹如以下所述般具有效力─
(i)在该等条文中提述公司的帐目，即为提述地下铁路公司的帐目；及
(ii)在该等条文中提述公司最近的周年帐目或提述公司的初步帐目，即为提述按照已废除条例第16条就地下铁路公司的上一个完整财政年度拟备的该公司的帐目；(b)(a)(ii)段中所述的地下铁路公司的帐目，视为符合该条例第79G及79I条的规定。

第556章第45条课税
课税及收入事宜
(1)为施行《税务条例》(第112章)，自指定日期起，地铁公司即视为犹如是地下铁路公司的延续以及与地下铁路公司在法律上是属同一人一样。
(2)相应地 (并在不影响第(1)款的一般性的原则下)─
(a)凭借本部将任何财产、权利或法律责任转归予地铁公司，就《税务条例》(第112章)的任何目的而言，并不构成该财产、权利或法律责任的出售或其他处置或其性质的改变；
(b)凡地下铁路公司在其上一个完整财政年度结束时蒙受亏损，而该等亏损可为施行《税务条例》(第112章)第19C条而结转和与地下铁路公司的应评税利润相抵销，但未曾如此结转和抵销者，则该等亏损总额即当作为地铁公司的亏损，并据此为施行该条例可供抵销地铁公司的应评税利润(或地铁公司在其作为合伙人的合伙中所占的应评税利润)。(3)按照第43(3)条视为地铁公司利润的地下铁路公司利润─
(a)就计算地下铁路公司在任何课税年度根据《税务条例》(第112章)第IV部应课税的利润而言，不得计算在内；及
(b)就计算地铁公司在评税基期包括指定日期在内的课税年度根据《税务条例》(第112章)第IV部应课税的利润而言，须予计算在内。

第556章第46条印花税
不可就凭借本部生效的任何财产或权利的移转或转归征收印花税或其他税项。

第556章第47条土地权益
杂项
凭借本部将土地权益转归予地铁公司─
(a) 就《业主与租客(综合)条例》(第7章)第53(4)(a)或(7)(a)条而言，并不构成取得、处置、转让、移转或放弃管有该权益； (由2004年第16号第16条修订)
(b) 就任何关于或影响该权益的文书而言，并不构成转让、移转、转予、放弃管有、处理或以其他方式处置该权益；
(c) 不属违反禁止让与契诺或条件；
(d) 并不引致任何优先购买权利、没收租赁权、重收权、认购权、损害赔偿或其他影响土地的诉讼权利产生；
(e) 并不使任何合约或抵押失效或获得解除；
(f) 并不使任何租赁权益并入其预期的复归权内；
(g) 并不终绝、影响、更改、缩减或延迟该项权益的优先权，不论该优先权是根据《土地注册条例》(第128章)、普通法或衡平法而存在的。

第556章第48条完成外地财产、权利及法律责任的转归
(1)在地铁公司认为适当时，地下铁路公司与地铁公司须采取一切必需或合宜的步骤，以确保任何外地财产、权利或法律责任根据本部转归予地铁公司一事在有关的外地法律之下是有效的。
(2)在地下铁路公司的任何外地财产、权利或法律责任转归予地铁公司一事在有关的外地法律之下生效之前，地下铁路公司须为地铁公司的利益而持有该项财产或权利，并代地铁公司履行该项法律责任。
(3)地下铁路公司根据本条招致的费用及开支，须由地铁公司支付。
(4)第(1)或(2)款并不视为影响任何外地财产、权利或法律责任凭借第37条或本条转归予地铁公司一事在香港法律之下的效力。
(5)在本条中，凡提述外地财产、权利或法律责任，即为提述符合以下情况的有关财产、权利或法律责任：在任何程序中就有关财产、权利或法律责任出现的争论点，按照国际私法规则须参照香港以外地方的法律而裁定。

第556章第49条转归的证据
(1)就各方面而言，出示本条例的政府印务局文本，或出示经律师核证为该文本的真实副本的文件，即为凭借本部完成的转归的确证。
(2)在不影响第(1)款的一般性的原则下，在指定日期或其后由地铁公司或代地铁公司发出的证明书，如证明其内所指明的财产、权利或法律责任(该财产、权利或法律责任在紧接指定日期前是属于地下铁路公司的)根据本部转归予地铁公司，则就各方面而言，该证明书即为经如此证明的事实的确证。
(3)地铁公司须就地下铁路公司的财产转归予地铁公司一事，将本条例的政府印务局文本在土地注册处注册，或安排将该文本在土地注册处注册。

第556章第50条免去禁止转归的条文
如任何契据、合约或其他文件所载的某项条文─
(a)禁止本部所指的转归或具有禁止本部所指的转归的效力；或
(b)表明因本部所指的转归而令一项失责发生或当作有一项失责发生，或令某项权利或法律责任终止，而地下铁路公司是订立该契据、合约或文件的一方，则该项条文即当作已被免去。

第556章第51条证据∶簿册及文件
(1)在指定日期前会就任何事宜而作为对地下铁路公司有利或不利的证据的簿册及其他文件，就同一事宜而言，可接纳为对地铁公司有利或不利的证据。
(2)在本条中，“文件”(documents) 一词的涵义，与《证据条例》(第8章)第46条中该词的涵义相同。

第556章第52条地下铁路公司继续存在直至被解散为止
(1)尽管有第64条订定的废除，地下铁路公司在指定日期后继续存在，直至按照第(3)款被解散为止，而在本条中，该段继续存在的期间称为“过渡期”。
(2)尽管有第64条订定的废除，在过渡期内─
(a)已废除条例第4及9条，经附表1所列出的修改后，继续对地下铁路公司有效及就该公司而有效；
(b)已废除条例第16条继续就地下铁路公司的上一个完整财政年度的帐目的拟备及审计而适用，而该公司须按照该条拟备该等帐目，犹如第64条不曾制定一样。
(3)运输局局长一俟信纳地下铁路公司无须进一步根据本条例作出任何事情以及在谘询地下铁路公司与地铁公司后，可藉宪报公告，于他在公告所指明的日期将地下铁路公司解散。 (由2002年第106号法律公告修订)
(4)地下铁路公司所招致的因该公司根据本条继续存在而产生的费用及开支，须由地铁公司承担。

第556章第53条向行政长官会同行政会议提出上诉
第X部
杂项
(1)本条适用于由局长或署长或他们任何一人授权的任何人根据本条例的任何条文(第15(5)、19(1)、22、26或33条除外)作出的任何决定。
(2)如地铁公司因本条所适用的任何决定而感到受屈，可在该决定作出后的28天内，以呈请方式向行政长官会同行政会议提出上诉。
(3)行政长官会同行政会议对根据本条提出的上诉所作的决定为终局决定。
(4)凡地铁公司根据本条提出上诉反对某决定，该决定在该上诉被裁定之前不得生效，但如行政长官会同行政会议另有指示，则属例外。
(5)如地铁公司提出要求，任何作出本条所适用的决定的人，须在在有关情况下属合理的期间内，向地铁公司提供作出该决定的原因。
(6)在本条中，提述由任何人作出的决定，包括提述由该人作出的指示或由该人施加的规定。

第556章第54条某些法律对地铁公司的适用范围
(1)就根据专营权提供服务而言，在附表2所列范围内，《公众生及市政条例》(第132章)不适用于地铁公司。
(2)建筑事务监督可─
(a)在顾及与铁路的运作或建造有关的建筑工程或其他工程的特殊性质后；及
(b)按他就一般或任何个别情况所指明的条件，豁免任何上述工程，使其不受《建筑物条例》(第123章)任何条文的规限。
(3)除第(2)款另有规定外，《建筑物条例》(第123章)适用于由地铁公司或代表地铁公司进行的任何建筑工程或其他工程。

第556章第55条铁路处所为公众地方
为免生疑问和在不影响任何其他条例的原则下，现宣布为施行《公安条例》(第245章)，铁路处所及运输交汇处为公众地方。

第556章第56条地铁公司可以其名义提出检控
在不影响任何与刑事罪行检控有关的条例或律政司司长在刑事罪行检控方面的权力的原则下，本条例所订罪行的检控可以地铁公司的名义提出。

第556章第57条无须为违反法定责任而负上民事法律责任
(1)如地铁公司违反任何本条例所设定或依据本条例所设定的责任，则有关违反并不产生任何民事法律责任。
(2)如地铁公司因疏忽或其他情况而在本条例以外的法律规则下负有民事法律责任，则不论引致该民事法律责任的情况是否同时违反任何本条例所设定或依据本条例所设定的责任，第(1)款亦不影响该民事法律责任。

第556章第58条将政府在地铁公司中的股份出售等所得的收益
(1)除第(2)款另有规定外，财政司司长法团以地铁公司股份持有人身分收到的款项，或将其持有的地铁公司股份出售或作其他方式的交易而获得的款项，均构成政府一般收入的一部分。
(2)财政司司长法团就以下事项所招致的开支，可从第(1)款指明的款项中拨款支付─
(a)收购地铁公司股份；
(b)持有地铁公司股份或将财政司司长法团持有的地铁公司股份出售或作其他方式的交易；
(c)将任何地铁公司股份在《证券及期货条例》(第571章)附表1第1部第1条所界定的认可证券市场或指明证券交易所上市， (由2002年第5号第407(2)条代替)而就《公共财政条例》(第2章)第3条而言，为上述目的而运用或保留的任何款额并不构成政府一般收入的一部分。

第556章第59条地铁公司证券作为特准投资项目
(1)就《受托人条例》(第29章)附表2第1(a)段而言，地铁公司须当作在包括指定日期在内的公历年中已如该条文所述般派发股息(不论实际上地铁公司有否在该年派发该股息)和在紧接该年之前的5年内每年已如该条文所述般派发股息。
(2)就《受托人条例》(第29章)附表2第2段而言，以下的债务证券须当作符合该段规定的债务证券─
(a)在指定日期前由地下铁路公司发行或保证支付本金及利息，并凭借第IX部转归予地铁公司的任何债务证券；或
(b)在政府实益拥有超过一半的地铁公司已发行股本的面值的任何期间，由地铁公司发行或保证支付本金及利息的任何债务证券。

第556章第60条地铁公司并非公共机构
除任何条例另有明文规定外，地铁公司并非《释义及通则条例》(第1章)所指的公共机构。

第556章第61条有关局长谘询地铁公司的规定
为免生疑问，现宣布本条例中规定或订定局长须就任何事项谘询地铁公司或任何其他人的条文，并不规定局长必须就有关事项取得地铁公司或该其他人的同意。

第556章第62条公告等是否附属法例的问题
根据第1(2)条订立的生效日期公告、根据第33条订立的规例及根据第34条订立的附例均为附属法例；根据本条例发出的任何其他文书均非附属法例。

第556章第63条通知书的送达
(1)在本条例下向局长发出的通知书，可送递至局长或以邮递寄予局长。
(2)就在本条例下发出通知书而言，局长的地址即营运协议指明为供在该协议下向局长送达通知书用的地址。
(3)在本条例下向地铁公司发出的通知书，须注明地铁公司的主席为收件人，并可送递至地铁公司或以邮递寄予该公司。
(4)就在本条例下发出通知书而言，地铁公司的地址即营运协议指明为供在该协议下向地铁公司送达通知书用的地址。
(5)就本条而言，只要将通知书送递局长或地铁公司的地址，并将该通知书留交任何表面看来有权收取拟给予局长或地铁公司的通讯的人，即为将通知书送递至局长或地铁公司。

第556章第64条废除等
(1)在符合第52条及本条的规定下，《地下铁路公司条例》(第270章)、任何根据该条例订立的附属法例及任何其他根据该条例发出并在宪报刊登的文书均自指定日期起废除。
(2)自指定日期起，在紧接指定日期前仍然有效而于附表3第2栏指明的根据已废除条例订立的规例和根据该等规例作出的公告，在作出该附表第3栏指明的修改下，分别予以采纳而成为根据本条例订立的规例和根据该等规例作出的公告。
(3)自指定日期起，在紧接指定日期前仍然有效而于附表4第2栏指明的根据已废除条例订立的附例，在作出该附表第3栏指明的修改下，予以采纳而成为根据本条例订立的附例。
(4)自指定日期起，在紧接指定日期前仍然有效而于附表5第2栏指明的根据已废除条例刊登的公告，在作出该附表第3栏指明的修改下，予以采纳而成为根据本条例刊登的公告。
(5)除文意另有所指外，在紧接指定日期前存在的任何条例或文件中凡提述已废除条例、已废除条例的条文或根据已废除条例刊登的公告，就指定日期当日及其后的期间而言，须当作提述本条例、本条例的条文或根据本条例刊登的公告。

第556章第65条(已失时效而略去)
(已失时效而略去)
第556章附表1已废除条例第4及9条
[第52(2)(a)条]
为施行第52(2)(a)条，已废除条例第4及9条经修改如下─
“4.地下铁路公司的董事局
(1)地下铁路公司的董事局由以下成员组成─
(a)由行政长官委任的主席一名；及
(b)由行政长官委任的一名或多于一名其他人士。(2)董事局是地下铁路公司的管治机构，具有权限以地下铁路公司的名义行使和执行《地下铁路条例》(第556章)第IX部或根据该部授予或委予地下铁路公司的权力、职能及职责，以及作出其认为有利于或有助于实现该等权力、职能及职责的事情，以及为其认为属该等权力、职能及职责所合理地附带或相应引致的任何目的而作出事情。
(3)主席及任何根据第(1)(b)款委任的人可─
(a)藉向行政长官呈交通知书而辞去其职务；或
(b)被行政长官免任。(4)关于董事局会议的安排，以及董事局会议的程序，均由董事局决定。
9.地下铁路公司的文件
(1)地下铁路公司可订立和签立任何董事局认为有利于或有助于达致《地下铁路条例》(第556章)第IX部的目标或属达致该等目标所合理地附带或相应引致的文件。
(2)地下铁路公司订立的文件如经下述程序须当作已妥为签立─
(a)在一名董事局成员在场见证下盖上地下铁路公司的印章；或
(b)由一名董事局成员代表地下铁路公司签署。(3)除非相反证明成立，否则任何看来是按照第(2)款签立的文件须当作已妥为签立。
(4)就地下铁路公司按照第(2)(b)款签立的文件而言，如在本款以外有法律规定签立有关文件必须加盖印章，则所签立的文件不会仅因此而无法律效力。”。
第556章附表2不适用的《公众卫生及市政条例》条文
[第54(1)条]
1.地铁公司无须根据《公众生及市政条例》(第132章)(“该条例”)第127条就该条例第12(1)(g)条所述的妨扰作出补救。
2.该条例第22条不适用于建造铁路的延长部分的过程中由地铁公司或代表地铁公司作出的任何事情。
3.根据该条例第29或35条就厕所或厕所设施的适当程度、充足程度或建造方式或其发牌事宜而订立的规例，不适用于铁路处所。
4.该条例第30及36条不适用于铁路处所。
5.该条例第IX部及根据该条例第104条订立的任何规例，不适用于由地铁公司或代表地铁公司于铁路或铁路处所竖设的任何标志或宣传品。
第556章附表3根据本条例第64(2)条采纳的规例等
[第64(2)条]
项
规例
修改
1.
《地下铁路规例》(第270章，附属法例)
在第4(1)、(2)及(3)、5(1)、(3)及(4)及9(c)条中，废除所有“政务司司长”而代以“局长”。
2.
《地下铁路(运输交汇处)规例》(第270章，附属法例)
在第18条中，废除“第24条”而代以“第33条”。
3.
《地下铁路(运输交汇处)(停车场的指定)公告》(第270章，附属法例)
4.
《地下铁路(运输交汇处)(禁区及限制区的指定)公告》(第270章，附属法例)
第556章附表4根据本条例第64(3)条采纳的附例
[第64(3)条]
项
附例
修改
1.
《地下铁路附例》(第270章，附属法例)
在第2条中─
(a)废除“地铁公司”的定义而代以─
““地铁公司”(Corporation) 指地铁有限公司；”；(b)废除“铁路”的定义而代以─
““铁路”(railway) 指地下铁路。”。
2.
《地下铁路(运输交汇处)附例》(第270章，附属法例)
(a)在第2(1)条中，废除“第24A条”而代以“第31条”。
(b)在附表1中─
(i)在第1及2号图形中，废除“《地下铁路公司条例》(第270章)”而代以“《地下铁路条例》(第556章)”；
(ii)在第18号图形中，废除“地下铁路公司”而代以“地铁有限公司”。(c)在附表3中─
(i)在表格1中─
(A)废除 'Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government' 而代以'Government of the HKSAR'；
(B)废除“地下铁路公司”而代以“地铁有限公司”；(ii)在表格2中─
(A)废除所有“地下铁路公司”而代以“地铁有限公司”；
(B)废除 'Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government' 而代以'Government of the HKSAR'；
(C)废除“地下铁路公司”而代以“地铁有限公司”；(iii)在表格3、4及5中，废除所有“地下铁路公司”而代以“地铁有限公司”。
第556章附表5根据本条例第64(4)条采纳的公告
[第64(4)条]
项
公告
修改
1.
《地下铁路(运输交汇处)(图则的存放)公告》(第270章，附属法例)
在第1(1)及(2)条中─
(a)废除“第24A(2)条”而代以“第31(2)条”；
(b)废除“由署长”而代以“由地铁公司”；
(c)废除“第24A(5)条”而代以“第31(5)条”。
第556章附表6(已失时效而略去)
(已失时效而略去)

【英文全文】

Cap556Longtitle

An Ordinance to provide for-
(a) the granting of a franchise to the MTR Corporation Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Ordinance (Cap 32), to operate the Mass Transit Railway and to construct and operate any extension to the railway;
(b) the regulation of the operation of the Mass Transit Railway under the franchise, including all aspects of safety on the railway;
(c) the repeal of the Mass Transit Railway Corporation Ordinance (Cap 270), the dissolution of the Mass Transit Railway Corporation incorporated under that Ordinance and the vesting of the property, rights and liabilities of the Mass Transit Railway Corporation in the MTR Corporation Limited;
(d) matters relating to the incorporation of the MTR Corporation Limited, the allotment of shares of the company and the application of various enactments in relation to the company,and for connected purposes.
[The Ordinance (other than
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section 13 of Schedule 6)
30 June 2000
L.N. 136 of 2000
Section 13 of Schedule 6
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12 January 2001
L.N. 348 of 2000]
(Originally 13 of 2000)
Cap 556 s 1 Short title
PART I
PRELIMINARY
(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Mass Transit Railway Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent)
Cap 556 s 2 Interpretation
(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context requires otherwise-
'appointed day' (指定日期) means the day designated as the appointed day under section 3;
'Commissioner' (署长) means the Commissioner for Transport;
'Corporation' (地铁公司) means the MTR Corporation Limited;
'extension' (延长部分) means, in relation to the railway, an extension provided for in a scheme authorized under the Railways Ordinance (Cap 519);
'franchise' (专营权) means the franchise granted under section 4;
'franchise period' (专营期) means the period for which the franchise is granted under section 4, as extended under this Ordinance;
'inspector' (视察主任) means a person appointed as an inspector under section 26;
'Mass Transit Railway' (地下铁路) means the railway system known as the Mass Transit Railway and indicated on plans endorsed by the Secretary and deposited by the Corporation with the Land Registry from time to time, or any part of that system;
'Mass Transit Railway Corporation' (地下铁路公司) means the entity of that name established by section 3(1) of the repealed Ordinance;
'MTR Corporation Limited' (地铁有限公司) means the entity of that name incorporated under the Companies Ordinance (Cap 32);
'MTRC' means the Mass Transit Railway Corporation;
'operating agreement' (营运协议) means any agreement entered into between the Corporation and the Secretary acting on behalf of the Government which is declared by its terms to be an operating agreement for the purposes of this Ordinance or to be an agreement amending or supplementing such an agreement, as having effect from time to time;
'railway' (铁路) means the Mass Transit Railway;
'railway premises' (铁路处所) means-
(a) any area, space or building occupied by the Corporation which is designed, equipped or set apart for the carriage of passengers by train or for affording facilities incidental to the carriage of passengers by train; and
(b) any train on premises specified in paragraph (a);'repealed Ordinance' (已废除条例) means the Mass Transit Railway Corporation Ordinance (Cap 270);
'Secretary' (局长) means the Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works; (Amended L.N. 106 of 2002)
'service' (服务) means railway service;
'transport interchange' (运输交汇处) means any area, space or building delineated in plans certified by the Commissioner and deposited by the Corporation in the Land Registry under section 31.
(2) Reference in this Ordinance to construction of the railway is a reference to undertaking every stage of the process beginning with its design and planning and ending when the railway is brought into operation.
Cap 556 s 3 Appointed day
The Secretary for Transport may, by notice in the Gazette, designate a day to be the appointed day for the purposes of this Ordinance*.
(Amended L.N. 106 of 2002)_________________________________________________________________________________
Note:
* 30 June 2000 was designated by the Secretary for Transport to be the appointed day for the purposes of this Ordinance by G.N. 3903 of 2000 in the Gazette.
Cap 556 s 4 Grant of franchise to Corporation to operate railway
PART II
GRANT AND EXTENSION OF FRANCHISE
(1) Subject to this Ordinance, the Corporation is granted the franchise, for a period of 50 years from the appointed day-
(a) to operate the Mass Transit Railway, including any extension to the railway;
(b) to construct any extension to the railway.(2) The terms and conditions agreed between the Government and the Corporation as having effect with respect to the franchise granted under this section are those set out in the operating agreement.
Cap 556 s 5 Extension of franchise
(1) At any time or times during the franchise period, but not later than 5 years before the expiry of that period, the Corporation may apply to the Chief Executive in Council for an extension of the franchise.
(2) An application for extension of the franchise under this section-
(a) shall be made by notice to the Secretary; and
(b) shall be accompanied by all materials that the Corporation wishes to put forward in support of the application.(3) The Secretary shall submit to the Chief Executive in Council a report setting out his recommendation as to whether, having regard to all relevant considerations (including any provision of the operating agreement relating to the extension of the franchise), the Corporation's franchise should be extended.
(4) The Chief Executive in Council may approve an extension of the franchise, but shall only do so if he is satisfied that the Corporation is capable of maintaining a proper and efficient service under this Ordinance and the operating agreement.
(5) Notice of any extension of the franchise granted under this section shall be published in the Gazette.
Cap 556 s 6 Restriction on transfer of franchise
The Corporation shall not transfer the franchise or any part of it without the approval of the Chief Executive in Council.
Cap 556 s 7 Directors of Corporation
Unless the Chief Executive in Council otherwise permits, a majority of those directors of the Corporation who are not additional directors appointed under section 8 must be persons ordinarily resident in Hong Kong.
Cap 556 s 8 Chief Executive may appoint additional directors
(1) The Chief Executive may appoint, for a period he directs, not more than 3 persons to be additional directors of the Corporation (in this section referred to as 'additional director').
(2) An additional director may not be removed from office except by the Chief Executive.
(3) Subject to this Part, an additional director shall be treated for all purposes as if he had been appointed at a general meeting of the Corporation as a director of the Corporation.
(4) Without affecting the generality of subsection (3), an additional director shall, in the same manner and to the same extent as any other director of the Corporation, be entitled-
(a) to participate in meetings of the Corporation and the board of directors of the Corporation;
(b) to have access to all material concerning the affairs of the Corporation; and
(c) to be furnished with such information with respect to the affairs of the Corporation as he may specify.(5) The Companies Ordinance (Cap 32) and any other law, and any document, shall be construed subject to this section.
Cap 556 s 9 Corporation to maintain proper and efficient service
PART III
PERFORMANCE UNDER FRANCHISE
The Corporation shall maintain a proper and efficient service at all times during the franchise period in accordance with this Ordinance and the operating agreement.
Cap 556 s 10 Secretary may obtain information
(1) The Secretary may, by notice in writing to the Corporation, require the Corporation-
(a) to afford the Secretary sufficient facilities for obtaining information with respect to the business and affairs of the Corporation in connection with the franchise; and
(b) in the manner and at the reasonable times specified in the notice, to furnish the Secretary with information with respect to the matters specified in paragraph (a) and afford to him facilities for the verification of that information,and to do so within a period specified in the notice, being a period that is reasonable in the circumstances.
(2) In subsection (1), reference to information is a reference to information which the Secretary may reasonably require for verifying that the Corporation has complied with the provisions of this Ordinance, the operating agreement and any direction, specification or requirement given under this Ordinance or the operating agreement.
(3) If the Corporation, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a notice given under this section the Corporation commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 4.
Cap 556 s 11 Records
(1) The Corporation shall keep, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, records in respect of the following matters relating to the railway-
(a) the number and carrying capacity of trains in use or under maintenance;
(b) the number of journeys undertaken and the total distance travelled;
(c) the number of passengers carried;
(d) the receipts;
(e) details of any incident causing a service breakdown of 20 minutes or more;
(f) the maintenance of trains;
(g) the number and types of trains, and their carrying capacity, on order or under construction together with details of the likely availability of such trains for use in the operation of the railway.(2) The Secretary may, by notice in writing to the Corporation, require the Corporation-
(a) to furnish to the Secretary, at the reasonable times and in the form specified in the notice, copies of the records kept by the Corporation in accordance with subsection (1);
(b) to permit the Secretary, or any other person authorized in writing by him, to inspect at any reasonable time all records kept by the Corporation in accordance with subsection (1),and to do so within a period specified in the notice, being a period that is reasonable in the circumstances.
(3) The Secretary or other person authorized by the Secretary may make copies of records inspected under subsection (2)(b).
(4) If the Corporation, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (1), or with a notice given under subsection (2), the Corporation commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 4.
Cap 556 s 12 Limitation on powers under sections 10 and 11
(1) Nothing in section 10 or 11 requires the Corporation or any other person-
(a) to produce any document which the Corporation or that other person could not be compelled to produce in civil proceedings in the High Court; or
(b) in complying with any requirement for the furnishing of information, to provide any information which the Corporation or that other person could not be compelled to provide in evidence in civil proceedings in the High Court.(2) Neither the Secretary nor any other person shall disclose any information obtained pursuant to section 10 or 11 unless he has consulted the Corporation regarding his intention to do so.
Cap 556 s 13 Chief Executive in Council may give directions
(1) The Chief Executive in Council may, if he considers the public interest so requires, and after consultation between the Secretary and the Corporation, give directions in writing to the Corporation in relation to any matter concerning the franchise.
(2) The directions may be of a general or specific nature.
(3) The Corporation shall comply with any direction given, unless the direction is inconsistent with this Ordinance.
(4) The Government is liable to pay compensation to the Corporation for loss or damage of any kind (including consequential loss) sustained by the Corporation and in any way arising from or attributable to the Corporation's compliance with a direction under this section.
(5) Reference in subsection (4) to loss or damage includes reference to loss or damage arising from or attributable to the Corporation's compliance with a direction under this section that is contrary to prudent commercial principles.
Cap 556 s 14 Chief Executive in Council may impose financial penalty
(1) The Chief Executive in Council may, on a reference by the Secretary, by notice in writing impose on the Corporation a financial penalty specified in the notice for any failure by the Corporation to comply with any provision of this Ordinance or the operating agreement, or with any direction, specification or requirement given under this Ordinance or the operating agreement.
(2) The Corporation shall not be found liable to the imposition of a penalty under subsection (1) unless-
(a) the Corporation has been given an opportunity to make representations to the Chief Executive in Council; and
(b) the Chief Executive in Council is satisfied-
(i) that the failure is substantial or is persistent in nature; and
(ii) where the obligation is one of a continuing nature, that the Corporation has had a reasonable opportunity of remedying the failure.(3) A financial penalty imposed under this section shall not exceed-
(a) in respect of any failure-
(i) in the case of a first imposition of such a penalty, an amount equal to a fine at level 3;
(ii) in the case of a second imposition of such a penalty, an amount equal to a fine at level 4;
(iii) in the case of a third or subsequent imposition of such a penalty, an amount equal to a fine at level 5; and(b) in respect of any failure which is of a continuing nature, $10000 for each day on which the failure continues,and in this subsection, reference to an amount equal to a fine at a certain level is a reference to the amount shown in Schedule 8 to the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Cap 221) as the amount of a fine of that level for an offence under an Ordinance.
(4) A financial penalty imposed under this section is recoverable by the Government as a civil debt.
(5) Where the Chief Executive in Council is considering the imposition of a penalty on the Corporation under this section, he shall not take into account any failure of the Corporation which was considered for the purposes of a previous imposition of a penalty on the Corporation under this section, unless the Corporation has failed to pay that previous penalty or to rectify any default that gave rise to the failure in question.
(6) This section does not apply to any provision of this Ordinance the contravention of which is an offence under this Ordinance.
Cap 556 s 15 Suspension of franchise
PART IV
SUSPENSION, REVOCATION AND EXPIRY OF FRANCHISE, ETC.
(1) If, on a reference by the Secretary, the Chief Executive in Council considers that-
(a) an emergency exists or is likely to come into existence; or
(b) there is or is likely to be for any reason a substantial breakdown in the operation of the railway, other than a breakdown that appears to be capable of being remedied within a reasonable period,and if he considers that it is in the public interest to do so, the Chief Executive in Council may order that the franchise be suspended either wholly or in part.
(2) Before making any reference to the Chief Executive in Council under subsection (1)(b) the Secretary shall, as far as is practicable in the circumstances, consult the Corporation in relation to the proposed reference; and the Secretary shall bring to the attention of the Chief Executive in Council any representations made by the Corporation during the consultation.
(3) An order for suspension under subsection (1) remains in effect until the Chief Executive in Council orders the suspension terminated.
(4) Notice in writing of any order made under subsection (1) or (3) shall be given to the Corporation.
(5) Where the franchise is suspended under subsection (1) (whether wholly or in part), the Government, its nominee or a third party designated by the Government-
(a) may take possession of any property which at the time of such suspension is property used or kept by the Corporation for the purposes of or in connection with the suspended part of the franchise;
(b) during the course of the suspension, may retain any property taken possession of under paragraph (a) and may use that property in the operation of the railway as it thinks fit.(6) The Government is liable to pay compensation-
(a) for the use of, loss of or damage to any property taken possession of under subsection (5); and
(b) except where a franchise is revoked under section 18, for loss or damage of any kind (including consequential loss) sustained by the Corporation and in any way arising from or attributable to the suspension of the franchise under subsection (1).(7) The right conferred under subsection (5) to take possession of property and to use that property in the operation of the railway includes the right to keep or maintain the property in whatever condition, or to alter the property in whatever manner, is considered appropriate for that purpose and, without affecting any entitlement to compensation under subsection (6), nothing in this Ordinance or any other law imposes on the Government any obligation in relation to the condition in which property taken under subsection (5) is to be kept or returned.
Cap 556 s 16 Default under franchise
For the purposes of sections 17 and 18, the Corporation is in default under the franchise if-
(a) either of the following occurs-
(i) there has been a substantial failure by the Corporation to discharge an obligation under the operating agreement; or
(ii) the Corporation has failed or there is a likelihood of its failing substantially to operate the railway in accordance with this Ordinance,
and the failure (or likely failure) results in or is likely to result in-
(A) a substantial breakdown of the service;
(B) the safety of persons travelling on the railway or being on the railway premises being endangered in a manner likely to result in serious injury to those persons; or
(C) serious injury to or the death of persons travelling on the railway or being on the railway premises; or(b) a voluntary winding up of the Corporation is commenced or a winding up order in respect of the Corporation is made,and the expression 'default' shall be construed accordingly.
Cap 556 s 17 Defaults capable of remedy
(1) Where it appears to the Secretary that the Corporation is in default, and that the default is one which is capable of being remedied, the Secretary may serve on the Corporation a notice calling upon the Corporation-
(a) to remedy the default or to take measures or make arrangements to the satisfaction of the Secretary to ensure that the default is remedied; and
(b) to do so within the period specified in the notice, being a period that is reasonable in the circumstances, or within a further period as the Secretary may allow.(2) Unless the circumstances require otherwise, the period specified in a notice served under subsection (1) shall be a period of 28 days or more.
Cap 556 s 18 Revocation of franchise
(1) Where-
(a) the Secretary reports to the Chief Executive in Council that the Corporation has failed to comply with a notice served under section 17; or
(b) it appears to the Chief Executive in Council that the Corporation is in default, and the Secretary has reported to the Chief Executive in Council that the default is not one which is capable of being remedied,the Chief Executive in Council may direct the Secretary to serve on the Corporation a notice requiring the Corporation to show cause why an order should not be made under subsection (5).
(2) A notice served under subsection (1) shall specify whether it is given in relation to subsection (1)(a) or subsection (1)(b) and shall, in addition-
(a) if given in relation to subsection (1)(a), give particulars of the notice referred to in that paragraph and brief particulars of the report of the Secretary;
(b) if given in relation to subsection (1)(b), specify the nature of the default.(3) The Corporation may, within the period of 28 days from the date of service of the notice under subsection (1), or within a further period as the Chief Executive in Council may allow, make representations in writing to the Chief Executive in Council showing cause why an order should not be made under subsection (5).
(4) Before making an order under subsection (5) the Chief Executive in Council shall consider any representations made under subsection (3) and, if applicable, any matter referred to in subsection (6).
(5) Where the Chief Executive in Council is of the opinion that sufficient cause has not been shown as to why an order under this subsection should not be made, he may, by order-
(a) if it appears to him that the default is one which was capable of being remedied and that-
(i) a notice should have been served under section 17 and was not served, or that the terms of any notice served were unreasonable; and
(ii) the default is still capable of being remedied,
direct the Secretary to serve a notice, or a further notice, under section 17, in terms determined by the Chief Executive in Council; or(b) in any other case of default, if it appears to him just and reasonable to do so, but subject to subsection (8), revoke the franchise.(6) In exercising his powers under subsection (5), the Chief Executive in Council shall take into consideration the extent to which the default was or is occasioned by circumstances beyond the control of the Corporation.
(7) An order made-
(a) under subsection (5)(a) shall be sent to the Secretary and a copy of the order shall be attached to the Secretary's notice under section 17;
(b) under subsection (5)(b) shall be served on the Corporation and shall be published in the Gazette, as soon as practicable after that service.(8) Where the proceedings described in this section relate to a matter which is the subject of an appeal under section 53(1), the Chief Executive in Council shall not make an order under subsection (5)(b) until the appeal has been determined or abandoned.
(9) The Government is not liable to pay any compensation in respect of the revocation of the franchise under this section, except for any compensation payable under section 20.
Cap 556 s 19 Use of railway property by Government
(1) Where the franchise is revoked under section 18 or has expired and has not been extended under section 5, the Government, its nominee or a third party designated by the Government may take possession of any property which at the time of such revocation or expiry is property used or kept by the Corporation for the purposes of or in connection with the franchise and may use that property in the operation of the railway as it thinks fit.
(2) Property taken possession of under subsection (1) may be retained-
(a) for an initial period not exceeding 2 years, as may be determined by the Chief Executive in Council; and
(b) for such further successive periods not exceeding 6 months each as the Chief Executive in Council may determine,and notice of any such determination shall be published in the Gazette.
(3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), at any time during or upon the expiry of a period of retention under this section, property taken possession of under subsection (1) may be returned to the Corporation or may be otherwise disposed of in a manner and upon terms the Chief Executive in Council may think fit.
(4) At any time during the period for which any property is retained under subsection (2), the Corporation may by notice in writing to the Secretary inform the Government that the Corporation does not wish the property to be returned to the Corporation, and in that case the Government is not entitled to return the property to the Corporation under subsection (3).
(5) The right conferred under subsection (1) to take possession of property and to use that property in the operation of the railway includes the right to keep or maintain the property in whatever condition, or to alter the property in whatever manner, is considered appropriate for that purpose and, without affecting any entitlement to compensation under section 20, nothing in this Ordinance or any other law imposes on the Government any obligation in relation to the condition in which property taken under subsection (1) is to be kept or returned.
(6) For the purpose of, and to the extent necessary to effect, the disposal under subsection (3) of any property taken possession of under subsection (1) (and for that purpose and to that extent only), title in the property is deemed to be vested in the Government.
Cap 556 s 20 Compensation for use of railway property under section 19
(1) The Government is liable to pay compensation for the use of, loss of or damage to any property taken possession of under section 19.
(2) If property taken possession of under section 19 is disposed of under section 19(3) otherwise than by being returned to the Corporation, compensation is payable in accordance with subsection (1) to the extent that the property is not replaced or its loss compensated for in some other manner.
(3) Where property taken possession of under section 19 is property that is already in the possession of the Government, its nominee or a third party designated by the Government by virtue of the exercise of powers conferred under section 15(5), the amount of any compensation payable under section 15(6) shall be deducted from the amount of compensation that would otherwise be payable under this section.
(4) Notice given by the Corporation under section 19(4) does not affect the Corporation's entitlement to compensation under this section and, accordingly, the amount of any compensation payable under this section in respect of property specified in such a notice shall be calculated as if the property had been disposed of under section 19(3) without that notice having been given.
(5) The amount of any compensation payable to the Corporation under this section shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of the operating agreement relating to the calculation of compensation payable under this section.
Cap 556 s 21 Government may be required to take possession of railway property
(1) Where there has been any occasion of exercise of the power conferred under section 19(1) to take possession of property used or kept by the Corporation for the purposes of or in connection with the franchise the Corporation may, by notice to the Secretary, request the Government to take possession of any other property which the Government, its nominee or a third party designated by the Government was entitled to take possession of, but did not take possession of, under that subsection on that occasion.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall be given within a period of 6 months from the occasion on which the power conferred under section 19(1) was exercised and shall, as regards any property which the Government is requested to take possession of-
(a) specify the property and its location;
(b) contain information, or be accompanied by documents, verifying that the property was, on the occasion of the exercise of the power under section 19(1), property which was used or kept by the Corporation for the purposes of or in connection with the franchise; and
(c) contain all information necessary for the Government to gain access to and take possession of the property.(3) Unless there is some legal impediment to its doing so, or it is unable to gain access to the property, the Government shall take possession of the property specified in the notice referred to in subsection (1).
(4) A taking of possession of property by the Government under this section shall be treated for the purposes of section 20(1) and (2) as if it were a taking of possession of that property under section 19(1).
(5) For the purpose of, and to the extent necessary to effect, the disposal of any property taken possession of under subsection (3) (and for that purpose and to that extent only), title in the property is deemed to be vested in the Government.
(6) No action lies against the Government in respect of the taking of possession of any property under this section on the ground that the property was not property which the Government was entitled to take possession of under this section.
Cap 556 s 22 Power of entry
The Government, its nominee or a third party designated by the Government may, for the purpose of taking possession of property under this Part, enter upon any premises where it is reasonably necessary to do so for that purpose.
Cap 556 s 23 Settlement or determination of claim for compensation
PART V
COMPENSATION
(1) The Government may compromise or settle any claim for compensation under this Ordinance.
(2) In default of an agreement between the Government and a claimant as regards the amount of compensation, if any, payable to the claimant under this Ordinance, the compensation shall be determined by arbitration under the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap 341).
(3) For the purposes of an arbitration under subsection (2), the Government and the claimant shall be regarded as having made an arbitration agreement within the meaning of the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap 341) the terms of which include a provision that the compensation shall, in the absence of an agreement, be determined by a single arbitrator.
Cap 556 s 24 Provisional payment pending determination of compensation
(1) Pending any determination of compensation by an arbitrator as provided in section 23, the Government may pay to a claimant an amount as a provisional payment of the amount, if any, payable under the arbitrator's determination.
(2) A payment by the Government under subsection (1) in respect of a claim does not prejudice the claim or the submission of the claim to, or its determination by, the arbitrator under this Part; but the amount of compensation payable under the arbitrator's determination in respect of the claim shall be reduced by the amount of the payment made.
(3) Where the amount of compensation payable under a determination of the arbitrator is reduced under subsection (2) by the amount of any payment made under subsection (1), only the amount of the compensation as so reduced bears interest for the purpose of section 25(1).
(4) Where the amount of a payment made by the Government under subsection (1) in respect of a claim exceeds the amount of the compensation determined by the arbitrator in respect of the claim, the amount of the excess is recoverable by the Government as a civil debt.
Cap 556 s 25 Interest on compensation
(1) Subject to this section and to section 24(3), a sum of money payable as compensation under this Ordinance bears interest as from the date on which the sum becomes payable until payment of the sum, calculated at a rate equal to the rate fixed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and known as the base rate, less 100 basis points.
(2) At any time after agreement or determination by an arbitrator of an amount of compensation to be paid under this Ordinance, the Government may, by notice published in the Gazette, require the claimant to collect the amount within the time and at the place specified in the notice, and in such case no interest is payable under this Ordinance in respect of the period after the expiry of the time so specified.
(3) No interest is payable under this Ordinance on any costs or remuneration in connection with the arbitration proceedings.
Cap 556 s 26 Appointment of inspectors
PART VI
SAFETY OF RAILWAY
(1) The Secretary may in writing appoint any person as an inspector for the purposes of this Part.
(2) An inspector who is not a public officer may be paid, as a fee for his services, an amount determined by the Financial Secretary, and that amount shall be paid out of moneys provided for the purpose by the Legislative Council.
(3) When exercising any power, an inspector shall produce evidence of his identity, and of his appointment, to any person who requests him to do so.
(4) An inspector may take with him other persons whom he reasonably requires to assist him in the exercise of his powers.
Cap 556 s 27 General powers of inspectors
(1) An inspector may-
(a) at all reasonable times enter upon premises to which this subsection applies;
(b) carry out on premises to which this subsection applies, or on any machinery, plant or equipment used in connection with the franchise, any test or inspection he considers expedient;
(c) require a person to whom this subsection applies-
(i) to do anything which the inspector reasonably considers to be necessary for facilitating any test or inspection;
(ii) to provide the inspector with information which the inspector specifies relating to the railway or any machinery, plant or equipment connected with the railway, and to answer any question or produce for inspection any document which is necessary for that purpose; and
(iii) to provide a copy of any document which the inspector may require to be produced for inspection under subparagraph (ii).(2) Subsection (1) applies to-
(a) the railway, the railway premises and the premises of any contractor or subcontractor who is carrying out or has carried out any work on the railway; and
(b) any employee of the Corporation and any contractor or subcontractor mentioned in paragraph (a) and his employees.(3) The powers conferred by this section or by regulations made under section 33 may be exercised by an inspector only for the purpose of-
(a) ensuring the safety of the railway or railway premises; or
(b) investigating an accident which involved the railway or which occurred on the railway or on railway premises, when the inspector is directed to do so pursuant to those regulations,and are exercisable in relation to an extension to the railway only if the extension has been brought into operation for public use.
(4) Nothing in this section requires any person-
(a) to produce any document which he could not be compelled to produce in civil proceedings in the High Court; or
(b) in complying with any requirement for the furnishing of information, to provide any information which he could not be compelled to provide in evidence in civil proceedings in the High Court.(5) An inspector shall not disclose, except to the Secretary, any information obtained pursuant to this section unless he has given reasonable notice to the Corporation beforehand.
(6) Any person who-
(a) without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (1)(c);
(b) knowingly furnishes to an inspector acting under subsection (1)(c) information that is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(c) obstructs an inspector in the exercise of his powers under subsection (1),commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
Cap 556 s 28 Secretary may require Corporation to carry out works in interest of safety
(1) Where in the opinion of the Secretary-
(a) the condition of a part of the railway which has been brought into operation, or of any machinery, plant or equipment of such part; or
(b) the manner in which the railway or a part of it is being operated,is such as to cause, or to be likely to cause, a risk of injury to any person, the Secretary may require the Corporation to carry out work or to take steps to ensure that the condition or manner of operation in question will cease to cause or to be likely to cause any such risk.
(2) A requirement under subsection (1) shall be effected by notice in writing given to the Corporation, and the notice-
(a) shall specify the work or steps required to be carried out or taken;
(b) may specify the time before which the Corporation shall commence to carry out the work or take the steps and the time by which the work or steps must be completed.(3) If the Corporation fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a notice given under this section the Corporation commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 6 and to a further fine of $10000 for each day during which it is proved that the failure to comply with the notice has continued without reasonable excuse.
(4) A copy of a document which purports to be a notice signed by the Secretary for the purposes of this section-
(a) is admissible in evidence in proceedings for an offence under subsection (3) on its production without further proof; and
(b) is sufficient evidence of the opinion of the Secretary and of the other matters contained in the document.
Cap 556 s 29 Offence of negligent act or omission by employee
(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.
Cap 556 s 30 Offence of wilfully endangering safety
If-
(a) a person wilfully does or omits to do anything in relation to the railway or railway premises; and
(b) by that act or omission, the safety of any person being on the railway or on railway premises is endangered, or is likely to be endangered,the first-mentioned person commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 6 and to imprisonment for 3 years.
Cap 556 s 31 Transport interchanges
PART VII
TRANSPORT INTERCHANGES
(1) The Corporation shall set apart as a transport interchange the whole or a part of any area, space or building, as the Corporation thinks necessary or expedient for the purpose of effecting and facilitating interchange between the railway and any other mode of transport.
(2) The Corporation shall, with the agreement of the Commissioner, prepare plans delineating the boundaries of every transport interchange.
(3) The Corporation may, with the agreement of the Commissioner, vary the boundaries of a transport interchange from time to time.
(4) Where the boundaries of a transport interchange are varied under subsection (3), the Corporation shall prepare plans delineating the boundaries of the transport interchange as varied and those plans shall supersede any previous plans as from the day on which a notice relating to those plans is published under subsection (6), or as from any later date that may be specified in the notice.
(5) Plans prepared under subsection (2) or (4) shall be numbered, dated and signed and certified by the Commissioner as being plans of the transport interchange to which they relate, and shall be deposited by the Corporation in the Land Registry.
(6) The Corporation shall cause a notice of the deposit of plans under subsection (5) to be published in the Gazette.
Cap 556 s 32 Application of other Ordinances
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Public Bus Services Ordinance (Cap 230) and the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap 374) as it applies to private roads apply to and in relation to transport interchanges and roads in transport interchanges respectively.
(2) If there is any inconsistency between a regulation or bylaw made under this Ordinance in relation to a transport interchange and a provision of a law specified in subsection (1) then, to the extent of that inconsistency, the regulation or bylaw prevails.
Cap 556 s 33 Regulations
PART VIII
REGULATIONS AND BYLAWS
(1) The Secretary may make regulations for anything that is necessary for the effective carrying out of this Ordinance, including but not limited to regulations for the purpose of any or all of the following-
(a) controlling and regulating-
(i) the maintenance and operation of the railway by the Corporation; and
(ii) the use of the railway by members of the public and their conduct while on railway premises;(b) providing for the obtaining of information from the Corporation for the purpose of section 10;
(c) providing for the keeping of records by the Corporation for the purpose of section 11;
(d) providing for the safety of persons being on the railway or on railway premises;
(e) providing for the investigation of accidents on the railway or on railway premises, or in which the railway is involved;
(f) controlling and regulating the use of transport interchanges;
(g) regulating the disposal of lost property on the railway; and
(h) providing for anything which under this Ordinance is to be or may be prescribed.(2) Regulations made for the purpose of subsection (1)(e)-
(a) may confer powers upon an inspector to compel the giving of information concerning accidents, including power to summon a person to attend before him for the purpose, and may make provision for the payment of persons so summoned; and
(b) may require compliance with a summons or requirement made by an inspector, and may prohibit the obstruction of an inspector, or the giving of false or misleading information.(3) Regulations made for the purpose of subsection (1)(f) may, in relation to transport interchanges and their use-
(a) confer powers upon the Commissioner to give directions to the Corporation in respect of the control and regulation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic and the operation of public transport services, car parks and parking spaces;
(b) confer powers upon the Commissioner to do any act, or cause any act to be done, which the Corporation is required or directed to do under the regulations but has failed to do, and to recover any costs incurred by or incidental to such act from the Corporation as a civil debt;
(c) control and regulate the provision by the Corporation, subject to the approval of the Commissioner, of adequate, efficient, safe and continuous roads and facilities for-
(i) the use of transport interchanges by vehicles and members of the public;
(ii) the operation of public transport services;
(iii) the parking of vehicles;(d) confer powers upon the Corporation-
(i) to erect or place traffic signs, road markings and light signals;
(ii) to establish zebra crossings and light signal crossings;
(iii) to alter, suspend or cancel anything done under regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph,
or to do so subject to the approval of the Commissioner;(e) confer powers upon the Corporation-
(i) to designate bus stops, light bus stands, taxi ranks, restricted and prohibited zones, car parks and parking spaces;
(ii) to impose speed limits;
(iii) to alter, suspend or cancel anything done under regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph,
or to do so subject to the approval of the Commissioner;(f) confer powers upon the Corporation or any person authorized by the Corporation in that behalf to issue permits, authorizations, passes and tickets for traffic control or parking purposes;
(g) provide for access to any transport interchange by vehicles and members of the public;
(h) in any case where the prior approval of the Commissioner is required under this Ordinance for the doing of any act, authorize the Corporation to do that act without obtaining that prior approval where it is impracticable to do so;
(i) provide for the powers of the employees of the Corporation, or other persons authorized by the Corporation in that regard, in controlling and regulating vehicular and pedestrian traffic; and
(j) provide that no compensation is payable to the Corporation for anything done or required to be done under or by virtue of those regulations which are for the benefit of the operation of the transport interchanges in serving the railway.
Cap 556 s 34 Bylaws
(1) The Corporation may, under its common seal, make bylaws for any or all of the following purposes-
(a) prescribing the terms and conditions relating to the use of its service;
(b) controlling and regulating-
(i) the conduct of members of the public using the railway or on railway premises;
(ii) a system for evidencing (whether by the issue of tickets or otherwise) the payment of fares on the railway and any contract of carriage of passengers on the railway;
(iii) advertising on railway premises; and
(iv) the custody and disposal of property found on railway premises;(c) protecting the property of the Corporation on railway premises;
(d) in relation to a transport interchange-
(i) controlling and regulating classes of vehicular and pedestrian traffic as may be approved by the Commissioner;
(ii) controlling and regulating vehicles and the conduct of members of the public at bus stops, light bus stands and taxi ranks;
(iii) controlling and regulating vehicles and the conduct of members of the public in car parks and at parking spaces;
(iv) controlling and regulating the conduct of members of the public at other parts of a transport interchange;
(v) providing for any of the following things to be done subject to the approval of the Commissioner-
(A) erecting or placing traffic signs, road markings and light signals;
(B) establishing zebra crossings and light signal crossings;
(C) altering, suspending or cancelling anything done under bylaws made for the purposes of this subparagraph;(vi) providing for the following things to be done subject to the approval of the Commissioner-
(A) designating bus stops, light bus stands, taxi ranks, restricted and prohibited zones, car parks and parking spaces;
(B) imposing speed limits;
(C) altering, suspending or cancelling anything done under bylaws made for the purposes of this subparagraph;(vii) providing for the issuing of permits, authorizations, passes and tickets for traffic control or parking purposes and the imposing and collecting of charges for parking;
(viii) providing for-
(A) the towing away, impounding, removal and disposal of any vehicle or thing causing obstruction in a transport interchange;
(B) the imposition and collection of charges as approved by the Commissioner in respect of any such towage or removal and of any impounding, storage, detention or service of such vehicle or thing;(ix) providing for the limitation or exclusion of liabilities of the Corporation in respect of any loss or damage to property;
(x) authorizing any person to act on its behalf for the purposes of this paragraph.(2) Bylaws shall not be made under this section which are inconsistent with this Ordinance or regulations made under this Ordinance.
(3) Bylaws made under this section are subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.
(4) The Corporation shall cause printed copies of all bylaws made under this section to be kept at its registered office and to be available for sale to any person at a reasonable cost.
Cap 556 s 35 Further powers in relation to regulations and bylaws
(1) Regulations made under section 33 or bylaws made under section 34 may confer authority upon employees of the Corporation or persons authorized by the Corporation in that regard on railway premises or in transport interchanges-
(a) to detain any person reasonably suspected of having contravened this Ordinance, the regulations or bylaws and to take such other steps as may be provided for in the regulations or bylaws to ensure that the person is dealt with in accordance with law;
(b) to stop, search and detain any vehicle in connection with any contravention against this Ordinance, the regulations or bylaws.(2) Regulations made under section 33(1)(f) or bylaws made under section 34 may confer powers upon an employee of the Corporation or any person authorized by the Corporation in that regard-
(a) to request a person suspected of having contravened this Ordinance, the regulations or bylaws to give his personal particulars to the requestor;
(b) if a vehicle is involved in that contravention, to request the registered owner of the vehicle to give the personal particulars of the driver of the vehicle at the material time to the requestor.(3) Regulations made under section 33 or bylaws made under section 34 may provide that a contravention of a specified provision of the regulations or bylaws is an offence and may prescribe penalties for that contravention not exceeding a fine at level 2 and imprisonment for 6 months.
(4) Regulations made under section 33 or bylaws made under section 34 which provide that hawking on railway premises is an offence may also provide that all or any part of sections 86, 86A, 86C and 86D of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap 132) are to apply as if that offence was a hawker offence within the meaning of section 83 of that Ordinance.
(5) Bylaws made under section 34(1)(d) may provide for a fixed penalty to be payable for contravention of any specified provision of the bylaws and for the recovery of that fixed penalty.
Cap 556 s 36 Interpretation
PART IX
VESTING PROVISIONS AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
(1) In this Part, unless the context requires otherwise, 'financial year' (财政年度) means a year ending with 31 December, and reference to the last complete financial year of MTRC is a reference to the last financial year of MTRC ending before the appointed day.
(2) Reference in this Part to property, rights and liabilities of MTRC is a reference to-
(a) property and assets of every description (whether tangible or intangible) and rights and liabilities of every description (whether present or future, actual or contingent);
(b) property wherever situated or rights and liabilities under the law of any place;
(c) all such property, rights and liabilities, whether or not capable of being transferred or assigned by MTRC.
Cap 556 s 37 Property, etc. of MTRC to vest in Corporation
Expanded Cross Reference:
38, 39, 40, 41
Vesting
(1) On the appointed day all the property, rights and liabilities to which MTRC was entitled or subject immediately before that day become by virtue of this section property, rights and liabilities of the Corporation.
(2) Sections 38 to 41 are supplementary to this section and, accordingly, have effect on and from the appointed day subject to, and without limiting the generality of, subsection (1). <* Note - Exp. X-Ref.: Sections 38, 39, 40, 41 *>
Cap 556 s 38 Agreements, transactions, etc. affecting MTRC
Expanded Cross Reference:
39, 40, 41
(1) Any agreement made, transaction effected or other thing done by, to or in relation to MTRC which is in force or effective immediately before the appointed day shall have effect as from that day as if made, effected or done by, to or in relation to the Corporation, in all respects as if the Corporation were the same person in law as MTRC.
(2) Accordingly, references (whether express or implied) to MTRC-
(a) in any agreement made, transaction effected or other thing done by, to or in relation to MTRC (whether or not in writing);
(b) in any process or other document issued, prepared or employed for the purpose of any proceedings before any court or other tribunal or authority;
(c) in any other document whatever (other than an enactment) relating to or affecting any property, right or liability of MTRC which vests by virtue of section 37 in the Corporation,shall be taken as from the appointed day as referring to the Corporation.
(3) Where immediately before the appointed day there is in force or effective an agreement made, transaction effected or other thing done by, to or in relation to MTRC which refers (in whatever terms and whether expressly or by implication) to a person employed by or engaged in the business of MTRC, that agreement, transaction or other thing shall have effect, in relation to anything falling to be done on or after the appointed day, as if for that reference there were substituted a reference to such person as the Corporation may appoint or, in default of appointment, to the person employed by or engaged in the business of the Corporation who corresponds as nearly as may be to the person employed by or engaged in the business of MTRC in question.
(4) For the avoidance of doubt, reference in this Part to any agreement made, transaction effected or other thing done by, to or in relation to MTRC includes reference to-
(a) any guarantee, conveyance, deed, lease, licence, notice, permit, document granting or comprising any security, bond, mandate, instruction and other document or instrument entered into by, given to or by or addressed to MTRC;
(b) any instruction, order, direction, mandate, power of attorney, authority, undertaking or consent given to or by MTRC, whether alone or jointly with another person and whether in writing or not;
(c) any direction, order or notice made under any legislation;
(d) any contract to which MTRC was not a party;
(e) any entry on any register.(5) Sections 39 to 41 are for the avoidance of doubt and do not affect the generality of this section. <* Note - Exp. X-Ref.: Sections 39, 40, 41 *>
Cap 556 s 39 Security
(1) Any security held immediately before the appointed day by MTRC, or by a person as nominee of, agent of or trustee for MTRC, shall be held by the Corporation, or by that person as nominee of, agent of or trustee for the Corporation (as the case may require), and shall be available to the Corporation (whether for its own benefit or for the benefit of any other person, as the case may be).
(2) In relation to any security vested in the Corporation by virtue of this Part and any liabilities secured by the security, the Corporation shall be entitled to the rights and priorities, and shall be subject to the obligations and incidents, which MTRC would have been entitled to and subject to if it had continued to hold the security.
(3) In this section, 'security' (抵押) means any interest, legal or equitable, by means of which the payment or discharge of a debt or liability (whether present or future, actual or contingent) is secured, whether or not that interest is evidenced in writing.
Cap 556 s 40 Miscellaneous supplementary provisions
(1) The Corporation and all other persons have the same rights, powers and remedies for ascertaining, perfecting or enforcing any right or liability vested in the Corporation by virtue of this Part as they would have had if that right or liability had at all times been a right or liability of the Corporation; and in this subsection reference to rights and powers includes in particular a reference to rights and powers as to the taking or resisting of legal proceedings or the making or resisting of applications to any authority.
(2) Any legal proceedings or applications to any authority pending or commenced by or against MTRC shall be continued by or against the Corporation to the exclusion of MTRC.
(3) Any judgment or award obtained by or against MTRC and not fully satisfied before the appointed day is enforceable by or against the Corporation to the extent that it was enforceable by or against MTRC immediately before that date.
(4) The functions of MTRC under any Ordinance as in force immediately before the appointed day which-
(a) relates to any part of the business of MTRC; or
(b) authorizes the carrying out of works designed to be used in connection with any part of the business of MTRC or the acquisition of land for the purpose of carrying out any such works,become the functions of the Corporation for the purposes of that Ordinance.
Cap 556 s 41 Employment-related matters
(1) The effect of section 37 in relation to any contract of employment with MTRC in force immediately before the appointed day is merely to modify that contract (as from that day) by substituting the Corporation for MTRC and, accordingly, employment with MTRC and the Corporation under a contract of employment to which that section applies is deemed for all purposes to be a single continuing employment.
(2) Section 37 is effective to vest in the Corporation the rights and liabilities of MTRC under any agreement made, transaction effected or other thing done by, to or in relation to MTRC (including under the pay review mechanism which has been adopted by MTRC and effective immediately before the appointed day) for the payment of pensions, allowances, gratuities and benefits of every description along with all other rights and liabilities of MTRC and, accordingly-
(a) any deed, rule, certificate, registration, exemption or other document constituting or relating to the Mass Transit Railway Corporation Retirement Scheme, the Mass Transit Railway Corporation Retention Bonus Scheme and the U.K. Office Retirement Scheme established for the benefit of employees of MTRC or any other body corporate related to MTRC; or
(b) any entitlement to gratuities or benefits payable by MTRC,in force or effective immediately before the appointed day is construed and has effect, so far as the context allows, as if reference in that document to MTRC was a reference to the Corporation and as if that entitlement was payable by the Corporation.
(3) No member of the Board of MTRC or auditor of MTRC becomes by virtue only of section 37 or 38 a director or auditor of the Corporation.
Cap 556 s 42 Share capital
Matters relating to Corporation as a company
(1) The Corporation shall, on the appointed day, issue shares to the Financial Secretary Incorporated which shall be held by the Financial Secretary Incorporated in trust on behalf of the Government.
(2) Shares issued in pursuance of this section-
(a) shall each be of a par value of an amount that the Financial Secretary directs and shall carry such rights as he determines;
(b) shall be issued at par as fully paid and shall be treated as if they had been paid up in cash as to the par value; and
(c) shall have an aggregate par value of not more than the aggregate par value of the issued shares of MTRC immediately before the appointed day.(3) Section 43(1) of the Companies Ordinance (Cap 32) does not apply in relation to an allotment of shares pursuant to this section.
Cap 556 s 43 Accounts
(1) For the purpose of any accounts prepared by the Corporation for the purposes of the Companies Ordinance (Cap 32)-
(a) the Corporation shall be treated, on and from the appointed day, as if it were the continuation of MTRC;
(b) the value of any asset and the amount of any liability of MTRC vested in the Corporation by virtue of this Part is taken to be the value assigned to that asset or the amount assigned to that liability in the audited accounts of MTRC for the last complete financial year of MTRC; and
(c) the amount to be included in respect of any item is determined as if anything done by MTRC (whether by way of acquiring, revaluing or disposing of any asset or incurring, revaluing or discharging any liability, or by carrying any amount to any provision or reserve, or otherwise) had been done by the Corporation.(2) Accordingly (and without affecting the generality of subsection (1))-
(a) the amount to be included from time to time in any reserves of the Corporation as representing the Corporation's accumulated realised profits is determined as if the profits realised and retained by MTRC had been realised and retained by the Corporation;
(b) every other reserve or provision of MTRC becomes a reserve or provision of the Corporation; and
(c) the amount, description and character of every reserve or provision of the Corporation which becomes a reserve or provision of the Corporation pursuant to paragraph (b) is the same in all respects as those of the corresponding reserve or provision of MTRC immediately before the appointed day.(3) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), on and from the appointed day all profits or losses of MTRC earned or incurred after the beginning of the financial year of MTRC in which the appointed day occurs are treated as profits or losses of the Corporation.
(4) For the purposes of the accounts of the Corporation prepared for the purposes of the Companies Ordinance (Cap 32), the vesting in the Corporation effected by virtue of this Part is taken-
(a) to have been effected immediately after the end of the last complete financial year of MTRC; and
(b) to have been a vesting of all the property, rights and liabilities to which MTRC was entitled or subject immediately before the end of the last complete financial year of MTRC.(5) Section 122(1) of the Companies Ordinance (Cap 32) applies to and in relation to the Corporation as if reference in that subsection to the period since the incorporation of the company was a reference to the period beginning immediately after the last complete financial year of MTRC.
Cap 556 s 44 Distribution of dividend
For the purpose of any distribution to which Part IIA of the Companies Ordinance (Cap 32) applies and which is made by the Corporation during the financial year of the Corporation which includes the appointed day or at any time before any accounts are laid or filed in respect of that year-
(a) sections 79F to 79L of that Ordinance have effect as if-
(i) reference in those sections to the company's accounts is a reference to the accounts of MTRC; and
(ii) reference in those sections to the company's last annual accounts or to the initial accounts of the company is a reference to the accounts of MTRC prepared in accordance with section 16 of the repealed Ordinance in respect of the last complete financial year of MTRC;(b) the accounts of MTRC mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii) are regarded as satisfying the requirements of sections 79G and 79I of that Ordinance.
Cap 556 s 45 Taxation
Taxation and revenue matters
(1) For the purposes of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap 112), on and from the appointed day the Corporation is treated as if it were the continuation of and the same person in law as MTRC.
(2) Accordingly (and without affecting the generality of subsection (1))-
(a) a vesting in the Corporation of any property, right or liability by virtue of this Part does not constitute a sale or other disposal of or a change in the nature of that property, right or liability for any purpose under the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap 112);
(b) the aggregate amount of any losses sustained by MTRC which are capable of but have not been carried forward and set off against assessable profits of MTRC for the purposes of section 19C of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap 112) as at the end of the last complete financial year of MTRC are deemed to be losses of the Corporation and, accordingly, available for set off against the assessable profits of the Corporation (or the Corporation's share of assessable profits of a partnership in which it is a partner) for the purposes of that Ordinance.(3) The profits of MTRC treated as profits of the Corporation in accordance with section 43(3)-
(a) shall not be taken into account for the purpose of computing the profits of MTRC which are chargeable to tax under Part IV of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap 112) for any year of assessment; and
(b) shall be taken into account for the purpose of computing the profits of the Corporation which are chargeable to tax under Part IV of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap 112) for the year of assessment the basis period for which includes the appointed day.
Cap 556 s 46 Stamp duty
No stamp or other duty is chargeable in respect of the transfer or vesting of any property or rights taking effect by virtue of this Part.
Cap 556 s 47 Interests in land
Miscellaneous
The vesting in the Corporation of an interest in land by virtue of this Part does not-
(a) constitute an acquisition, disposal, assignment, transfer or parting with possession of that interest for the purposes of section 53(4)(a) or (7)(a) of the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance (Cap 7); (Amended 16 of 2004 s. 16)
(b) constitute an assignment, transfer, devolution, parting with possession, dealing with or other disposition of that interest for the purposes of any instrument concerning or affecting that interest;
(c) operate as a breach of covenant or condition against alienation;
(d) give rise to any right of pre-emption, right of forfeiture, right of re-entry, option, damages or other right of action affecting land;
(e) invalidate or discharge any contract or security;
(f) operate so as to merge any leasehold interest in the reversion expectant on it;
(g) extinguish, affect, vary, diminish or postpone any priority of that interest, whether under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap 128), at law or in equity.
Cap 556 s 48 Perfection of vesting of foreign property, rights and liabilities
(1) MTRC and the Corporation shall take, as and when the Corporation considers appropriate, all steps necessary or desirable for securing that the vesting in the Corporation under this Part of any foreign property, right or liability is effective under the relevant foreign law.
(2) Until the vesting of any foreign property, right or liability of MTRC in the Corporation becomes effective under the relevant foreign law, MTRC shall hold that property or right for the benefit of, and discharge that liability on behalf of, the Corporation.
(3) Any costs and expenses incurred by MTRC under this section shall be met by the Corporation.
(4) Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) shall be taken as prejudicing the effect under the laws of Hong Kong of the vesting in the Corporation by virtue of section 37 or this section of any foreign property, right or liability.
(5) In this section, reference to any foreign property, right or liability is a reference to any property, right or liability in respect of which any issue arising in any proceedings would have to be determined (in accordance with the rules of private international law) by reference to the law of a place outside Hong Kong.
Cap 556 s 49 Evidence of vesting
(1) The production of a Government Printer's copy, or a document certified by a solicitor to be a true copy of a Government Printer's copy, of this Ordinance shall be conclusive evidence for all purposes of any vesting effected by virtue of this Part.
(2) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), a certificate given by or on behalf of the Corporation on or after the appointed day that any property, right or liability specified in the certificate (being property or a right or liability which immediately before the appointed day was that of MTRC) is vested in the Corporation under this Part is conclusive evidence for all purposes of the fact so certified.
(3) The Corporation shall register or cause to be registered in the Land Registry a Government Printer's copy of this Ordinance in respect of the vesting of the properties of MTRC in the Corporation.
Cap 556 s 50 Waiver of prohibition of vesting
A provision contained in any deed, contract or other document-
(a) prohibiting or having the effect of prohibiting the vesting under this Part; or
(b) to the effect that a default shall occur or be deemed to occur, or any right or liability shall cease, as a result of the vesting under this Part,and to which MTRC is a party, is deemed to have been waived.
Cap 556 s 51 Evidence: books and documents
(1) Books and other documents which would, before the appointed day, have been evidence in respect of any matter for or against MTRC are admissible in evidence in respect of the same matter for or against the Corporation.
(2) In this section 'documents' (文件) has the same meaning as in section 46 of the Evidence Ordinance (Cap 8).
Cap 556 s 52 MTRC to continue in existence until dissolved
(1) Despite the repeal effected by section 64, MTRC continues in existence after the appointed day until it is dissolved in accordance with subsection (3), and in this section the period of that continued existence is referred to as 'the transitional period'.
(2) During the transitional period, and despite the repeal effected by section 64-
(a) sections 4 and 9 of the repealed Ordinance, modified as set out in Schedule 1, continue to have effect to and in relation to MTRC;
(b) section 16 of the repealed Ordinance continues to apply in relation to the preparation and auditing of accounts in respect of the last complete financial year of MTRC, and MTRC shall prepare those accounts in accordance with that section,as if section 64 had not been enacted.
(3) As soon as he is satisfied that nothing further remains to be done by MTRC under this Ordinance, and after consulting MTRC and the Corporation, the Secretary for Transport may, by notice published in the Gazette, dissolve MTRC on a day he specifies in the notice. (Amended L.N. 106 of 2002)
(4) The costs and expenses arising from the continuation of MTRC under this section and incurred by MTRC shall be borne by the Corporation.
Cap 556 s 53 Appeal to Chief Executive in Council
PART X
MISCELLANEOUS
(1) This section applies to any decision of the Secretary or the Commissioner, or any person authorized by either of them, which is made under any provision of this Ordinance other than section 15(5), 19(1), 22, 26 or 33.
(2) If the Corporation is aggrieved by any decision to which this section applies the Corporation may, within 28 days after the making of the decision, appeal by petition to the Chief Executive in Council.
(3) The decision of the Chief Executive in Council on any appeal under this section is final.
(4) Where the Corporation appeals under this section, the decision under appeal shall not have effect until the appeal has been determined, unless the Chief Executive in Council directs otherwise.
(5) Any person who has made a decision to which this section applies shall, if so requested by the Corporation, and within a period that is reasonable in the circumstances, furnish the Corporation with reasons for his decision.
(6) In this section, reference to a decision made by any person includes reference to a direction given or a requirement imposed by that person.
Cap 556 s 54 Application of certain laws to Corporation
(1) The Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap 132) does not apply to the Corporation, in relation to the provision of a service under the franchise, to the extent set out in Schedule 2.
(2) The Building Authority may-
(a) having regard to the exceptional nature of building or other works connected with the operation or construction of the railway; and
(b) on such conditions as he may specify, either generally or in any particular case,exempt any of those works from any provision of the Buildings Ordinance (Cap 123).
(3) Except as provided in subsection (2), the Buildings Ordinance (Cap 123) applies to any building or other works carried out by or on behalf of the Corporation.
Cap 556 s 55 Railway premises are public places
For the avoidance of doubt, and without affecting any other Ordinance, it is declared that the railway premises and transport interchanges are public places for the purposes of the Public Order Ordinance (Cap 245).
Cap 556 s 56 Corporation may prosecute in its name
Without affecting any Ordinance relating to the prosecution of criminal offences or the powers of the Secretary for Justice in relation to the prosecution of criminal offences, prosecutions for an offence under this Ordinance may be brought in the name of the Corporation.
Cap 556 s 57 No civil liability for breach of statutory duty
(1) No breach of any duty of the Corporation created by or pursuant to this Ordinance gives rise to any civil liability.
(2) Subsection (1) does not affect any civil liability of the Corporation for negligence or otherwise which arises independently of a breach of any duty of the Corporation created by or pursuant to this Ordinance, regardless whether the circumstances giving rise to such civil liability would also be a breach of any duty created by or pursuant to this Ordinance.
Cap 556 s 58 Proceeds from sale, etc. of Government's shares in Corporation
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), monies received by the Financial Secretary Incorporated as the person holding shares in the Corporation, or from the sale of or other dealing in shares in the Corporation which are held by the Financial Secretary Incorporated, form part of the general revenue.
(2) Expenses incurred by the Financial Secretary Incorporated in connection with-
(a) the acquisition of shares in the Corporation;
(b) the holding of shares in the Corporation, or the sale of or other dealing in shares in the Corporation held by the Financial Secretary Incorporated;
(c) the listing of any shares in the Corporation on a recognized stock market or a specified stock exchange as these terms are defined in section 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap 571), (Replaced 5 of 2002 s. 407(2))may be defrayed from the monies specified in subsection (1), and any amount applied or retained for that purpose does not form part of the general revenue for the purposes of section 3 of the Public Finance Ordinance (Cap 2).
Cap 556 s 59 Securities of Corporation as authorized investment
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 1(a) of the Second Schedule to the Trustee Ordinance (Cap 29), the Corporation is deemed to have paid a dividend as there mentioned in the calendar year in which the appointed day falls (whether or not the Corporation does in fact pay such a dividend in that year) and in each of the 5 years immediately preceding that year.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph 2 of the Second Schedule to the Trustee Ordinance (Cap 29)-
(a) any debt security which was issued by, or the payment of principal and interest on which was guaranteed by, MTRC before the appointed day and which becomes vested in the Corporation by virtue of Part IX; or
(b) during any period for which the Government beneficially owns more than half in nominal value of the issued share capital of the Corporation, any debt security which is issued by, or the payment of principal and interest on which is guaranteed by, the Corporation,is deemed to be a debt security which satisfies the requirements of that paragraph.
Cap 556 s 60 Corporation not a public body
Unless otherwise expressly provided for in any Ordinance, the Corporation is not a public body within the meaning of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap 1).
Cap 556 s 61 Requirement for Secretary to consult Corporation
For the avoidance of doubt, a provision of this Ordinance requiring or providing for the Secretary to consult with the Corporation or any other person in relation to any matter does not oblige the Secretary to obtain the agreement of the Corporation or that other person in relation to the matter.
Cap 556 s 62 Whether a notice, etc. is subsidiary legislation
A commencement notice issued under section 1(2), a regulation made under section 33 and a bylaw made under section 34 are all subsidiary legislation; any other instrument issued under this Ordinance is not subsidiary legislation.
Cap 556 s 63 Service of notices
(1) A notice to be given to the Secretary under this Ordinance may be delivered to the Secretary or sent to him by post.
(2) The address of the Secretary for the purposes of the giving of any notice under this Ordinance is the address specified in the operating agreement as the address for the service of notices on the Secretary under that agreement.
(3) A notice to be given to the Corporation under this Ordinance shall be marked for the attention of the chairman of the Corporation and may be delivered to the Corporation or sent to it by post.
(4) The address of the Corporation for the purposes of the giving of any notice under this Ordinance is the address specified in the operating agreement as the address for the service of notices on the Corporation under that agreement.
(5) For the purposes of this section, a notice is delivered to the Secretary or the Corporation if it is delivered to the address of the Secretary or the Corporation and left with a person apparently authorized to receive communications intended for the Secretary or the Corporation.
Cap 556 s 64 Repeal, etc.
(1) Subject to section 52 and this section, the Mass Transit Railway Corporation Ordinance (Cap 270), any subsidiary legislation made under that Ordinance and any other instrument issued under that Ordinance and published in the Gazette are repealed as from the appointed day.
(2) With effect from the appointed day, the regulations made under the repealed Ordinance and the notices made under those regulations subsisting immediately before that day and specified in column 2 of Schedule 3 are, subject to the modifications specified in column 3 of that Schedule, adopted as and become regulations made under this Ordinance and notices made under those regulations respectively.
(3) With effect from the appointed day, the bylaws made under the repealed Ordinance subsisting immediately before that day and specified in column 2 of Schedule 4 are, subject to the modifications specified in column 3 of that Schedule, adopted as and become bylaws made under this Ordinance.
(4) With effect from the appointed day, the notices published under the repealed Ordinance subsisting immediately before that day and specified in column 2 of Schedule 5 are, subject to the modifications specified in column 3 of that Schedule, adopted as and become notices published under this Ordinance.
(5) Unless the context requires otherwise, a reference in any Ordinance or document in existence immediately before the appointed day to the repealed Ordinance or its provisions, or to a notice published under the repealed Ordinance, is deemed to be, in respect of the period on and after the appointed day, a reference to this Ordinance or its provisions or to a notice published under this Ordinance.
Cap 556 s 65 (Omitted as spent)
(Omitted as spent)
Cap 556 Sched 1 SECTIONS 4 AND 9 OF THE REPEALED ORDINANCE
[section 52(2)(a)]
Sections 4 and 9 of the repealed Ordinance, as modified for the purposes of section 52(2)(a), are as follows-
'4. Board of MTRC
(1) The Board of the Mass Transit Railway Corporation ('MTRC') comprises-
(a) a chairman appointed by the Chief Executive; and
(b) such one or more other persons as the Chief Executive may appoint.(2) The Board is the governing body of MTRC with authority, in the name of MTRC, to exercise and perform the powers, functions and duties conferred or imposed on MTRC by or under Part IX of the Mass Transit Railway Ordinance (Cap 556) and to do such things as it considers expedient for or conducive to the attainment of such powers, functions and duties or for any purpose it considers reasonably incidental to or consequential upon such powers, functions and duties.
(3) The Chairman and any person appointed under subsection (1)(b) may-
(a) resign his office by notice to the Chief Executive; or
(b) be removed from office by the Chief Executive.(4) Arrangements relating to meetings of the Board, and the procedure at meetings of the Board, shall be such as the Board may determine.
9. Documents of MTRC
(1) The Mass Transit Railway Corporation ('MTRC') may make and execute all such documents as may be considered by the Board to be expedient for or conducive to the attainment of the objects of Part IX of the Mass Transit Railway Ordinance (Cap 556) or to be reasonably incidental to or consequential upon the attainment of those objects.
(2) A document made by MTRC is deemed to be duly executed-
(a) if sealed with the seal of MTRC in the presence of a member of its Board; or
(b) if signed on behalf of MTRC by a member of its Board.(3) Any document purporting to be executed in accordance with subsection (2) is, unless the contrary is proved, deemed to have been duly executed.
(4) A document executed by MTRC in accordance with subsection (2)(b) is not ineffectual in law by reason only of the fact that, apart from this subsection, it would be required by law to be executed under seal.'.
Cap 556 Sched 2 PROVISIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCE DISAPPLIED
[section 54(1)]
1. No remedy lies against the Corporation under section 127 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap 132) ('PHMSO') in respect of a nuisance described in section 12(1)(g) of the PHMSO.
2. Section 22 of the PHMSO does not apply to anything done by or on behalf of the Corporation in the course of constructing an extension.
3. Regulations made under section 29 or 35 of the PHMSO as to the suitability, sufficiency or mode of construction of latrines or latrine accommodation, or the licensing thereof, do not apply to railway premises.
4. Sections 30 and 36 of the PHMSO do not apply to railway premises.
5. Part IX and any regulations made under section 104 of the PHMSO do not apply to any sign or advertisement erected by or on behalf of the Corporation on the railway or on railway premises.
Cap 556 Sched 3 REGULATIONS ETC. ADOPTED UNDER SECTION 64(2) OF THIS ORDINANCE
[section 64(2)]
Item
Regulation
Modification
1.
Mass Transit Railway Regulations (Cap 270 sub. leg.)
In regulations 4(1), (2) and (3), 5(1), (3) and (4) and 9(c), by repealing 'Chief Secretary for Administration' wherever it appears and substituting 'Secretary'.
2.
Mass Transit Railway (Transport Interchange) Regulation (Cap 270 sub. leg.)
In section 18, by repealing 'section 24' and substituting 'section 33'.
3.
Mass Transit Railway (Transport Interchange) (Designation of Car Park) Notice (Cap 270 sub. leg.)
4.
Mass Transit Railway (Transport Interchange) (Designation of Prohibited and Restricted Zones) Notice (Cap 270 sub. leg.)
Cap 556 Sched 4 BYLAWS ADOPTED UNDER SECTION 64(3) OF THIS ORDINANCE
[section 64(3)]
Item
Bylaw
Modification
1.
Mass Transit Railway By-laws (Cap 270 sub. leg.)
In by-law 2-
(a) by repealing the definition of 'Corporation' and substituting-
''Corporation' (地铁公司) means the MTR Corporation Limited;';(b) by repealing the definition of 'railway' and substituting-
''railway' (铁路) means the Mass Transit Railway;'.
2.
Mass Transit Railway (Transport Interchange) Bylaw (Cap 270 sub. leg.)
(a) In section 2(1), by repealing 'section 24A' and substituting 'section 31'.
(b) In Schedule 1-
(i) in Figure Nos. 1 and 2, by repealing 'MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION ORDINANCE (CAP 270)' and substituting 'MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY ORDINANCE (CAP 556)';
(ii) in Figure No. 18, by repealing 'MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION' and substituting 'MTR CORPORATION LIMITED'.(c) In Schedule 3-
(i) in Form 1-
(A) by repealing 'Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government' and substituting 'Government of the HKSAR';
(B) by repealing 'Mass Transit Railway Corporation' and substituting 'MTR Corporation Limited';(ii) in Form 2-
(A) by repealing 'Mass Transit Railway Corporation' wherever it appears and substituting 'MTR Corporation Limited';
(B) by repealing 'Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government' and substituting 'Government of the HKSAR';
(C) by repealing 'Mass Transit Railway Corporation' and substituting 'MTR Corporation Limited';(iii) in Forms 3, 4 and 5, by repealing 'Mass Transit Railway Corporation' wherever it appears and substituting 'MTR Corporation Limited'.
Cap 556 Sched 5 NOTICES ADOPTED UNDER SECTION 64(4) OF THIS ORDINANCE
[section 64(4)]
Item
Notice
Modification
1.
Mass Transit Railway (Transport Interchange) (Deposit of Plans) Notice (Cap 270 sub. leg.)
In section 1(1) and (2)-
(a) by repealing 'section 24A(2)' and substituting 'section 31(2)';
(b) by repealing 'by the Commissioner' and substituting 'by the Corporation';
(c) by repealing 'section 24A(5)' and substituting 'section 31(5)'.
Cap 556 Sched 6 (Omitted as spent)
(Omitted as spent)

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