Malaysia legislation
Section 38
Section 38
Fares to be prepaid and passengers’ tickets to be delivered up on demand
(2)
Every person intending to travel on a railway shall, upon
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payment of his fare, be furnished with a ticket specifying the class of coach or accommodation for, and the station or place from, and the station or place to, which the fare has been paid, and shall, when required to do so, show his ticket to any railway official duly authorized to examine the ticket, and shall deliver up the ticket upon demand to any railway official duly authorized to collect tickets.
(3)
Any person travelling without a ticket or not producing or delivering up his ticket as aforesaid shall be liable to pay to the railway company—
(a)
the fare for the distance travelled or, where there is any doubt as to the station or place from which he started, the fare from the station or place from which the railway originally started; and
(b)
a special charge as prescribed under any regulations made under this Act.
(4)
Such fare and special charge shall be paid on demand to any railway official duly authorized to collect tickets, and if not so paid, payment thereof may be recovered by the railway company by action at law.
Lien for fares, rates and other charges