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SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 43

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 43

43—Interference with railways and similar tracks

        (1)         A person must not, without lawful authority to do so, and knowing that no such lawful authority exists—

            (a)         interfere with any part of a railway, tramway or track designed for the passage of a vehicle; or

            (b)         interfere with any signal or machinery used in connection with any such railway, tramway or track; or

            (c)         place any obstruction on any such railway, tramway or track or in any other manner obstruct or cause the obstruction of a vehicle using any such railway, tramway or track; or

            (d)         do anything else that is likely to result in damage to a vehicle using any such railway, tramway or track.

Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1), a reference to a railway, tramway or track includes a rail, sleeper, support or other related structure.