Section 59

wilfully or negligently damages any railway or any property;

removes sand, stone, earth or any other matter or thing from banks, bridges, culverts, retaining walls or the railway track; or

fells timber in a manner likely to endanger the safety of passing trains or of any person in or upon such trains, or to cause damage to the railway track,

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commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

Any person who ties up the wires of wire fencing, breaks down or destroys any fencing or hedges, or does or causes to be done any act that damages or is likely to damage any fence or hedge appertaining to a railway commits 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.

Any person who, wilfully or negligently, diverts any stream or drain or, by any means, causes water to flow on to a railway or, causes damage to a railway in any manner by water, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

Any person who, having any contract for the supply of bricks, ballast, timber, fuel, or any other material, or being employed in connection with the supply of such material, negligently places or stacks the said material in an unsafe or careless manner, or at less than the prescribed distance from the rails, so that the safety of passing trains or of any person in or upon such trains is endangered commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

Penalty for damaging carriage, etc.