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PART 15
Fare Evasion and Fixed Payment Notices
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Penalty for avoiding payment of fare.
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132.—(1) Every passenger of a railway undertaking shall, on request by an officer or employee of a railway undertaking, produce, and if so requested, deliver up to the officer or employee a ticket showing that his or her fare is paid and, if the fare has not been paid, shall upon request—
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(a) pay, to the officer or employee—
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(i) his or her fare from the place where he or she started the journey by railway, or
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(ii) such other fare for non-payment of a fare as fixed by the undertaking,
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as the officer or employee decides, or
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(b) give the officer or employee his or her name and address.
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(2) A passenger who fails—
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(a) to comply with a request under subsection (1) to deliver up a ticket,
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(b) to pay the fare required under subsection (1)(a), or
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(c) to give his or her name and address, if requested under subsection (1)(b),
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is guilty of an offence.
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(3) A passenger who—
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(a) travels or attempts to travel on a railway of a railway undertaking without having previously paid his or her fare, and with intent to avoid such payment,
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(b) having paid his or her fare for a certain distance, knowingly and wilfully proceeds by train beyond that distance without previously paying the additional fare for the additional distance, and with intent to avoid such payment, or
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(c) having failed to pay his or her fare, gives in reply to a request by an officer or employee of a railway undertaking a false or misleading name or address,
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is guilty of an offence.
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(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €1,000.
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(5) The liability of an offender to a penalty under this section does not prejudice the recovery of any fare payable by him or her.
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