Railways Act 1991 · Updated to 1 Sep 2012 · Part IX · Offences and Penalties
59. Penalty for disorderly or offensive behaviour or nuisance
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behaves in a disorderly or offensive manner or commits any nuisance on a railway coach or upon any railway premises; or
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;
assaults, hinders or obstructs a railway official in the execution of his duties,
railway official
“railway official” means any person employed by or on behalf of any railway company to perform any function in connection with a railway;
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shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both and in addition, the offender may be removed by any railway official from any such coach or railway premises and shall, if he is a passenger, forfeit his fare.
railway premises
“railway premises” means all premises under the control of or occupied or used by any railway company;