§ 4.32 p.m.
§ The SOLICITOR-GENERALI beg to move, in page 107, line 21, after "the," to insert "regulation and the."
This and the next Amendment go together. The first is purely drafting, and the second is made to cover the small point that the railways under the control of the Federal Railway Authority in some instances run outside India.
§ Mr. C. WILLIAMSThis is all very well so far as India is concerned, but Burma, it maybe, or some other place is also concerned, and I think we should be told under whose authority these rail ways which run outside India will be.
§ The SOLICITOR-GENERALThere is a very small section of line affected.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Further Amendment made: In page 107, line 22, leave out "inIndia."—[The Solicitor-General.]
§ The SOLICITOR-GENERALI beg to move, in page 107, to leave out lines 25 to 33.
976 This part of the Sub-section is now unnecessary. It is a purely drafting Amendment.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ The SOLICITOR-GENERALI beg to move, in page 107, line 35, to leave out "such functions for assuring safety on railways," and to insert:
in regard to the construction, equipment, and operation of railways such functions for securing the safety both of members of the public and of persons operating the rail ways, including the holding of inquiries into the causes of accidents.?This is to meet a point which was raised on the Committee stage by hon. Members opposite that the words we are now seeking to omit were rather vague. We accepted that criticism, and we have examined the words and made their scope a little plainer.
§ Amendment agreed to.