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Railways Act 1905 s 71

s 71 Penalty for entering private room or carriage

71. If any special carriage or portion of a carriage or any private room or apartment is provided for the exclusive use of females, any male person who without lawful excuse enters such carriage or portion of a carriage or any such room or apartment knowing the same to be so appropriated, or remains therein after having been informed of its exclusive appropriation, or if any special carriage or compartment has been reserved for the private use of any person or persons and anyone without lawful excuse enters that carriage or compartment knowing the carriage to be so reserved, or remains therein after being requested to leave, or if any person who has obtained a ticket of one class knowingly and wilfully refuses or neglects to leave any room or place set apart for passengers of a higher class, that person may be forthwith removed therefrom and also from the premises appertaining to the railway by any railway official and shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100 and shall, if a passenger, forfeit his fare.

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