25. Minister to approve opening of railway

Terms defined in s 2

• Director General

  Director General

  Defined · s 2

  “Director General” means the Director General of Railways appointed under section 3;

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• goods

  goods

  Defined · s 2

  “goods” includes luggage and other movable property of any description and live or dead animals;

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• Minister

  Minister

  Defined · s 2

  “Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for railways in Sabah, Sarawak and the Federal Territory of Labuan;

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• railway

  railway

  Defined · s 2

  “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;

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• rolling-stock

  rolling-stock

  Defined · s 2

  “rolling-stock” includes tenders, motors, coaches, wagons, trucks, trolleys, carriages of any kind and locomotive and other kinds of engine used on a railway;

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