Section 34 Doing or omitting anything to endanger passengers by railway.C4C1C2C3
Whosoever, by any unlawful act, or by any wilful omission or neglect, shall endanger or cause to be endangered the safety of any person conveyed or being in or upon a railway, or shall aid or assist therein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, . . . F1
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words omitted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), s. 1(2)
Modifications
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S. 34 excluded (27.8.1998) by S.I. 1998/1936, art. 3(7)
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Ss. 32-34 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (18.5.2009) by Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Media City Extension) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1100), arts. 1, 3(3)
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Ss. 32-34 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (9.6.2009) by Nottingham Express Transit System Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1300), arts. 1, 3(3) (with Sch. 13 para. 14(2), Sch. 14 para. 19, Sch. 16)
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Ss. 16, 20, 26, 27, 34, 36, 38, 47, 57, 60 amended as to mode of trial by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 1 para. 5