Land Public Transport Act 2010 · Updated to 1 Jul 2025 · Chapter 9
140. Restriction on execution against railway property
Feedback & supportNone of the rolling-stock, machinery, plant, tools, fittings, materials or effects used or provided by a licensed operator for the purposes of traffic on the railway operated by it, or of its stations or workshops, shall be liable to be taken in the execution of any decree or order of any court or of any local authority or person having by law the power to attach or distrain property or otherwise to cause property to be taken in execution, unless by order or direction of the court pursuant to paragraph 194(1)(b).
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; (c) in so far as the context allows, a railway under construction by or for any railway company; and (d) any guided system or guided system of a class prescribed to be a railway for purposes of this Act, but does not include— (A) the Penang Hill Railway; (B) 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; and (C) such other railways as may be prescribed;
Nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed as affecting the authority of any court to attach the earnings of a licensed operator in the execution of a judgement or order.