Malaysia legislation
Section 74
Section 74
Apprehension of offenders
Any person found committing or attempting to commit an offence against this Act or any regulations made thereunder may be arrested, without warrant, by any railway official or by any police officer or by any other person whom such official or police officer may call to his aid, and every person so arrested shall, with all convenient despatch, be taken to the nearest police station to be dealt with according to law:
Provided that a railway official shall not effect any such arrest outside the railway premises.
Recovery of fares, charges or damages
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(1)
When any person is convicted before a court of criminal jurisdiction for an offence against any of the provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder, the court may, in addition to imposing any penalty under this Act, fix or assess the amount of any fare, charge, damages, expenses or sum of money whatsoever which may have become payable by such
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person to the railway company, and order such amount to be paid by such person to the railway company.
(2)
Nothing in subsection (1) shall prevent the recovery of any fare, charge, damages, expenses or other sum of money whatsoever which may have become payable by any person to a railway company by way of a civil claim before a court of civil jurisdiction.
Offence by bodies corporate