Section 64: Goods of a dangerous or offensive nature

(1) No person shall carry or cause to be carried upon a railway, any good declared by any bye-law made under this Act to be dangerous or offensive, except in accordance with the provisions of any bye-law applicable to such goods.
(2) If any person carries upon or delivers for carriage by the railway, any such dangerous or offensive goods without distinctly declaring the nature of the same, he shall be liable on conviction, to a fine not exceeding N100.
(3) If any person contravenes the provisions of subsection (2) or any bye-law referred to in subsection (1) of this section, that person shall, in addition to any penalty incurred in respect of such contravention, be liable-
(a) to compensate the Corporation for and indemnify the Corporation against any damage, loss, expense or liability suffered or sustained by the Corporation directly or indirectly, as a result of such contravention; and
(b) to pay compensation for any injury or damage to persons or property that may arise out of any accident occurring directly or indirectly, as a result of that contravention.
(4) It shall be lawful for any railway servant to refuse to accept for carriage on the railway any luggage or parcel, vessel or package which may be suspected to contain dangerous or offensive goods, and to require the same to be opened, and in case any such luggage or parcel, vessel or package shall have been so accepted, it shall be lawful for any railway servant to stop the transit thereof, until he is satisfied that the nature and contents of the luggage or parcel, vessel or package are not dangerous or offensive.