Railways Act 1991 · Updated to 1 Sep 2012 · Part XII · Railway Assets Corporation and Railway Property
104. Certain public lands deemed to be railway reserves
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all State land which at the commencement of the repealed Ordinance was in the occupation, or under the control, or used for the purposes, of the Malayan
State land
“State land” has the meaning assigned thereto in the National Land Code 1965;
Railway, shall be deemed to be railway reserves under this Act whether or not any express reservation has been notified in respect thereof; and
railway
“railway” means any kind of railway for the public carriage of passengers or goods or both, or any portion thereof, and includes— (a) all rails, beams, cables, sidings, or branches worked over for the purposes of, or in connection with, a railway; (b) all rolling-stock used for the purposes of traffic; and (c) in so far as the context allows, a railway under construction by or for any railway company, but does not include— (d) the Sabah Railway; (e) any railway used or, in the case of a railway to be constructed, intended to be used, by any person for the carriage of goods within any premises occupied by such person; and (f) any railway used or, in the case of a railway to be constructed, intended to be used, wholly or mainly for the carriage of passengers within any amusement or recreational premises;
all land which was deemed to be a railway reserve under section 16 or 17 of the repealed Ordinance shall continue to be deemed a railway reserve under this
repealed Ordinance
“repealed Ordinance” means the Railway Ordinance 1948 [M.U. Ord.8 of 1948];
Act.