# Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845, Section 105: Penalty for bringing dangerous goods on railway.

Extent: E+W+N.I.

No person shall be entitled to carry, or to require the company to carry, upon the railway, any aquafortis, oil of vitrol, gunpowder, lucifer matches, or any other goods which in the judgment of the company may be of a dangerous nature; and if any person send by the railway any such goods without distinctly marking their nature on the outside of the package containing the same, or otherwise giving notice in writing to the book-keeper or other servant of the company with whom the same are left, at the time of so sending, he shall forfeit . . . level 2 on the standard scale for every such offence; and it shall be lawful for the company to refuse to take any parcel that they may suspect to contain goods of a dangereous nature, or require the same to be opened to ascertain the fact.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/8-9/20/section/105 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/railways-clauses-consolidation-act-1845/section-105
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