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Railways Clauses Act 1863
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17Prohibition of Deviation of certain Works without Consent of Board of Trade.
Where the Company is authorized by the Special Act to construct a Railway skirling a public navigable Tidal River or Channel, the Company shall not make any Deviation of the Railway from the continuous centre Line thereof marked on the Plan deposited by them at the Board of Trade, even within the Limits of Deviation shown on that Plan, in such Manner as to diminish the navigable "Space, without the previous Consent of the Board of Trade, or otherwise than in such Manner as is expressly authorized by the Board of Trade.
If any Deviation is made in contravention of the present Section the Board of Trade may abate and remove the Work in the Construction whereof the Deviation is made, or any Part thereof, and restore the Site thereof to its former Condition at the Expense of the Company ; and the Amount of such Expense shall be a Debt due from the Company to the Crown, and be recoverable accordingly with Costs, or the same may be recovered, with Costs, as a Penalty is recoverable from the Company.
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