Railways Act 1991 · Updated to 1 Sep 2012 · Part IV · Construction and Works
11. Power of railway company to execute all necessary works
Feedback & supportSubject to this Act, whenever it is necessary so to do, a railway company may, for the purpose of constructing a railway or the accommodation or other works connected therewith—
railway company
“railway company” includes any person or persons, whether incorporated or not, who are owners or lessees of a railway or parties to an agreement for working a railway;
make or construct in, upon, across, under or over any land or river, such temporary works or structures, including roads, bridges, rails, ways, conduits and drains, as the railway company thinks proper; and
alter temporarily the course of any roads, streets or ways, as the railway company thinks proper.
In exercising the powers conferred by subsection (1), the railway company shall be subject to any direction which may be
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given by the Director General from time to time.
Director General
“Director General” means the Director General of Railways appointed under section 3;
A railway company shall, before exercising the powers conferred by subsection (1), give notice to the proprietor or occupier of the land of his intention to enter the land.
The notice mentioned in subsection (3) shall state as fully and accurately as possible the nature and extent of the acts intended to be done.
The Director General may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations for prescribing the form of the notice mentioned in subsection (3) and the manner in which such notice may be served on a proprietor or an occupier of land.
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for railways in Sabah, Sarawak and the Federal Territory of Labuan;