Article 71 Rhodesia Railways

The body corporate known as the Rhodesia Railways and operating in Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia immediately before the dissolution of the Federation by virtue of the Rhodesia Railways Act 1949 of Southern Rhodesia and the Rhodesia Railways Ordinance 1949 of Northern Rhodesia (in this section referred to as “the existing laws”) shall be a body corporate for Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia jointly.

The Rhodesia Railways shall consist of a board of management, comprising a Chairman, who shall be appointed by the Higher Authority for Railways, and six other members, of whom three shall be appointed by the Government of Southern Rhodesia and three shall be appointed by the Government of Northern Rhodesia.

The Rhodesia Railways shall be capable of suing and being sued and, subject to the provisions of any law, of doing all such acts as a body corporate may perform; and the body corporate established by this section shall for all purposes be the same body corporate as that operating under the existing laws immediately before the dissolution of the Federation.

There is hereby constituted jointly for Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia an authority which shall be known as the Higher Authority for Railways and shall consist of four members, of whom two shall be Ministers of the Government of Southern Rhodesia appointed by that Government and two shall be Ministers of the Government of Northern Rhodesia appointed by that Government.

The functions and procedure of the board of management and the Higher Authority for Railways and the qualifications and disqualifications for membership of the board and the tenure of office and other conditions of service of members of the board, shall be such as may be determined by or in pursuance of the existing laws or any laws amending or replacing the same.