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must advise his Superior of any change of address.

24. No Member is allowed to absent himself from duty, to alter his appointed hours of attendance, or to exchange duty with any other Member without the permission of his Superior Officer.

Absence on account of sickness must as soon as possible be notified to the Member’s Superior Officer, who may, if he thinks fit, require the production of a medical certificate.

25. Application for leave of absence must be made in writing to the Officer under whose immediate orders the applicant is employed.

26. Every Member employed on the Railway will (as far as practicable) have his ordinary specific duties assigned to him, but the Department retains the right to assign to Members the performance of any other duties which the business may render necessary.

27. In every case where any Member does not understand his duty, he must immediately apply for instruction to his Superior Officer, and no excuse of want of knowledge will be admitted in extenuation of any irregularity or neglect.

28. Every Member employed for any duty on the Line must have a sufficient knowledge of the Rules for the signalling, movement, and protection of Trains, and the mode of carrying such Rules into operation, to enable him to do what is necessary at all times without reference to this Book.

29. All Members are enjoined not to expose themselves or others to danger; to prevent, as far as possible, such exposure on the part of their fellow-members; and to warn those who neglect to take proper care.

30. All Members must exercise due caution in getting between Vehicles for the purpose of coupling or uncoupling them.

31. No Member when on duty or in uniform is allowed to enter any refreshment-room except by permission. Members when on duty are forbidden to consume or to have in their possession any intoxicating liquors, and they will be liable to instant dismissal for any (the slightest) instance of insobriety, as well as to such punishment as the law may direct.

32. Smoking on duty is prohibited.

33. Members, except Trainmen in the execution of their duty, are not allowed to travel on the Railway unless provided with a proper Ticket or Free Pass; nor are they allowed to ride on the Engine or in the Brake-van, or in any Vehicle in which Luggage or Parcels are conveyed, without written or printed permission from a properly authorised Officer of the Department.

34. Trespassing on the Railway must not be allowed, and no person other than a Member of the Department, in the execution of his duty, may be permitted to walk or be upon the Railway, unless provided with written or printed permission to do so, signed by a properly authorised Officer of the Department. In the event of any person trespassing and refusing to quit when requested to do so, the name and address of such person must be obtained, and the circumstances reported to the nearest Stationmaster or other Superior Officer, or, if necessary, the offender should be detained and handed over to the Police.

35. Members must not walk upon the Railway except when it is necessary for them to do so in the execution of their duty.

36. Members must prevent any interference with the Railway Line, Land, Buildings, or Premises, unless proper authority in writing is shown.

37. Members are empowered by section 29 of “The Government Railways Act, 1900,” to arrest and detain and to hand over to the Police, or to take as speedily as conveniently may be before a Justice of the Peace to be dealt with as the law directs, any person who commits any of the following offences:—

(a.) Trespasses on the Railway and refuses to leave on being warned by any Officer or Servant employed thereon.

(b.) Is drunk or behaves in a violent or offensive manner to the annoyance of others on the Railway, or at any Station or Platform thereof, or in any Carriage thereon.

(c.) Does, or attempts to do, or counsels, aids, or assists another person to do, any thing which may endanger the lives of persons employed on or travelling on the Railways.

38. No Engine or Vehicle the property of a private owner must under any circumstances be allowed to enter upon the Main Line, except by permission of the General Manager.

39. No Engine or Vehicle belonging to the Department must be permitted to run on any unauthorised Line.

40. Members are not to show any Document or Book to persons not connected with the Railway Department, nor to communicate to members of the Press or other persons official or other information, except so far as it may be strictly within the official duties of the Member to supply it.

41. No Member is allowed to convert to his own use any article the property of the Railway Department, and the fact of the article appearing waste or useless will not form any excuse for its private appropriation. Every Member must inform his immediate Superior promptly of any property which he may observe exposed and liable to loss or waste, and deliver up to him any found property.

42. No one but the Members examined and certified as fit by the Locomotive Officer must be allowed to have charge of any Steam-boiler, or to temporarily work it.

43. No Member permanently employed is allowed to quit the Service of the Department without giving two weeks’ notice; and in case he quits without such notice all pay then due to him may be forfeited