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Rh payment of the amount of the penalty (where the passenger makes that payment to the authorised person) or a notice stating that the requirement has been made.

(2) A receipt or notice given under subsection (1) above shall specify the passenger's destination on the LRT vehicle on which he is travelling when required to pay the penalty fare, and shall operate as an authority to him to complete his journey to that destination.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) above, the passenger's destination shall (unless only one destination is possible in the circumstances) be taken to be the destination stated by the passenger or, in default of any statement by him for that purpose, such destination as may be specified by the authorised person.

Notice of penalty fare provisions.

21.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Executive to secure that a warning notice meeting the requirements of subsection (2) below shall be posted—

(a) at every LRT stop, in such a position as to be readily visible to prospective passengers; and

(b) in every LRT vehicle for travel on which the penalty provisions have effect, in such a position as to be readily visible to passengers travelling on that vehicle.

(2.) A warning notice posted pursuant to subsection (1) above shall (however expressed) indicate the circumstances (as provided in section 18 of this Act) in which persons travelling on a LRT vehicle may be liable to pay a penalty fare and state the amount of the penalty fare.}}

Supplementary provisions.

22.—(1) A person who is required to pay a penalty fare shall, unless he pays, immediately and in cash, the amount of the penalty fare to an authorised person requiring such payment, give to that authorised person, if that person requires him to do so, his name and address; and any person failing to do so shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

(2) Where an authorised person requires any person to do anything pursuant to any provision of this Part of this Act he shall, if so requested by the person concerned, produce to that person a duly authenticated document showing his authority; and a requirement by an authorised person shall be of no effect if, as respects that requirement, he fails to comply with this subsection.

Exclusion of double liablity

23.—(1) Where a person has become liable to pay a penalty fare in respect of any journey (referred to below as "the relevant journey"), no proceedings double may be brought against him for any of the offences specified in subsection (2) below before the end of the period mentioned in section 19 (1) of this Act; and no such proceedings may be brought after the end of that period if—

(a) he has paid the penalty fare to the Executive before the end of that period; or

an action has been brought against him for the recovery of that fare.

(2) The offences mentioned in subsection (I) above are—

(a) any offence under byelaws made under section 41 of the Act of 1988 involving a failure to obtain or produce a fare ticket or general travel authority for the relevant journey; and

(b) any offence under section 25 (3) of the of contravening or failing to comply with any provision of 1981 c. regulations for the time being having effect by virtue of that section by failing to pay the fare properly payable for the relevant journey or any part of it.