25. Season Tickets

26. Conditions—(a) Season tickets are issued and must be used subject to and in conformity
    with the terms and conditions made pursuant to the Government Railways Act 1949 and
    arrangements from time to time in force on every railway on which the said tickets are available,
    including alterations in the number and times fixed for the starting or arrival of trains.
    The department is not to be liable under any circumstances for any consequences arising from
    such alterations, or for want of accommodation in any train, or for any detention or delay
    in the starting or arrival of trains.

(b) The department is not under any circumstances whatsoever to be held liable for the discontinuance,
whether permanent or otherwise, of the running of any trains, or for any consequences arising from
such discontinuance.

(c) Season tickets are available only between the stations named thereon, including (unless otherwise stated)
intermediate stations.

(d) Unless otherwise provided a season ticket is not transferable, and if irregularly transferred will,
without prejudice to any other penalty for such transference, be forfeited.

(e) A season ticket is issued on the condition that it is not available for any journey unless it is delivered
on demand to any employee of the department. If a season ticket is not so delivered the holder shall
pay the appropriate fare for the journey involved.

(f) The department may decline to issue or renew a season ticket.

(g) A season ticket is liable to forfeiture if there is a breach of any condition governing its use or subject
to which it is issued.

(h) The acceptance of a season ticket will be held to constitute an acceptance of the terms and conditions set
out above and of all other terms and conditions governing its use or subject to which it is issued.

2. Application for Season Tickets which are not stocked at the station concerned must be lodged with the
   department at least three clear days before the ticket is required.

3. School Season Tickets—(a) When any railway carriage, or compartment in a railway carriage, on any train has been reserved for
   the accommodation of scholars and students, school season tickets and free school season tickets shall be
   available only when the holder travels for the whole of the journey in that carriage or compartment.

(b) When no railway carriage, or compartment in a railway carriage, on any train has been reserved for the
accommodation of scholars and students, school season tickets and free school season tickets shall be
available only when the holder travels for the whole of the journey in a carriage or compartment or part
of a carriage or compartment not reserved for smoking.

(c) School season tickets and free school season tickets are issued subject to the condition that the holder
does not occupy a seat when adult passengers are standing in the same compartment. A scholar or student
travelling on any such ticket who fails to give up a seat to an adult shall pay the ordinary fare for the journey.

(d) School season tickets and free school season tickets may be forfeited at the option of the department,
without prejudice to any other penalty to which the holder may be liable—

(i) In the event of the holder committing any offence against any terms or conditions made pursuant to the
Government Railways Act 1949 governing the issue or use of such tickets; or
(ii) In the event of the holder disobeying, obstructing, or hindering any employee of the department or
damaging any railway carriage or interfering with or damaging any equipment or fittings therein, or being
guilty of any other misconduct on the railway.

4. Change of Class—Any holder of a second-class season ticket travelling in a class of carriage other than that
   for which the ticket was issued must pay the difference between the appropriate single fares for the respective classes.

5. Expiry of Season Tickets—(a) Except as otherwise provided, the currency of all season tickets will commence on the first day and
   expire on the last day of a calendar month.

(b) Expired season tickets, must be surrendered to the department, and for this purpose may be handed
to any stationmaster, guard, or ticket collector.

6. Season Tickets Issued for Broken Periods—A monthly season ticket (sections 26, 27, and 39, paragraph 4), may be made available from any date after commencement of a month to include the succeeding full month.

The fare for such pro rata season tickets will be calculated at one-thirtieth of the monthly fare for each
day in the unexpired portion of the broken calendar month covered by the ticket, plus the full fare for the succeeding month.

7. Torn or Defaced Season Tickets will not be recognised for travel. A charge of 50c will be made for replacing
   each such ticket.

8. Lost Season Tickets—(a) Should a season ticket be lost, immediate notice must be given to the department. The holder of the
   original ticket shall not be entitled to a duplicate ticket, but a duplicate ticket may, at the discretion of the department, be
   issued on payment of 10 percent of the value of the unexpired period for which the ticket is available. Minimum charge, 65c.

(b) For the purpose of this paragraph, the value of the unexpired period for which a monthly season ticket is
available will be calculated at one-thirtieth of the monthly fare for each day in the unexpired portion of the
calendar month covered by the ticket.