| SECTIONS |
Railways
Act, 1989 |
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CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY |
| 1. |
Short
title and commencement |
| 2. |
Definitions |
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CHAPTER II: RAILWAY ADMINISTRATIONS |
| 3. |
Zonal
Railways |
| 4. |
Appointment
of General Manager |
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CHAPTER III: COMMISSIONERS OF RAILWAY SAFETY |
| 5. |
Appointment
of Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety and Commissioners
of Railway Safety |
| 6. |
Duties
of Commissioner |
| 7. |
Powers
of Commissioner |
| 8. |
Commissioner
to be public servant |
| 9. |
Facilities
to be afforded to Commissioners |
| 10. |
Annual
report of Commissioners |
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CHAPTER IV: CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF
WORKS |
| 11. |
Power
of railway administrations to execute all necessary works |
| 12. |
Power
to alter the position of pipe, electric supply line, drain
or sewer, etc |
| 13. |
Protection
for Government property |
| 14. |
Temporary
entry upon land to remove obstruction, to repair or to
prevent accident |
| 15. |
Payment
of amount for damage or loss |
| 16. |
Accommodation
works |
| 17. |
Power
of owner, occupier, State Government or local authority
to cause additional accommodation works to be made |
| 18. |
Fences,
gates and bars |
| 19. |
Over-bridges
and under-bridges |
| 20. |
Power
of Central Government to give directions for safety |
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CHAPTER V: OPENING OF RAIWAYS |
| 21. |
Sanction
of the Central Government to the opening of railway |
| 22. |
Formalities
to be complied with before giving sanction to the opening
of a railway |
| 23. |
Sections
21 and 22 to apply to the opening of certain works |
| 24. |
Temporary
suspension of traffic |
| 25. |
Power
to close railway opened for the public carriage of passengers |
| 26. |
Re-opening
of closed railway |
| 27. |
Use
of rolling stock |
| 28. |
Delegation
of powers |
| 29. |
Power
to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter |
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CHAPTER VI: FIXATION OF RATES |
| 30. |
Power
to fix rates |
| 31. |
Power
to classify commodities or alter rates |
| 32. |
Power
of railway administration to charge certain rates |
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CHAPTER VII: RAILWAY RATES TRIBUNAL |
| 33. |
Constitution
of the Railway Rates Tribunal |
| 34. |
Staff
of the Tribunal |
| 35. |
Sittings
of the Tribunal |
| 36. |
Complaints
against a railway administration |
| 37. |
Matters
not within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal |
| 38. |
Powers
of the Tribunal |
| 39. |
Reference
to the Tribunal |
| 40. |
Assistance
by the Central Government |
| 41. |
Burden
of proof, etc |
| 42. |
Decisions,
etc. of the Tribunal |
| 43. |
Bar
of jurisdiction of courts |
| 44. |
Relief's
which the Tribunal may grant |
| 45. |
Revision
of decisions given by the Tribunal |
| 46. |
Execution
of decisions or orders of the Tribunal |
| 47. |
Report
of the Central Government |
| 48. |
Power
of the Tribunal to make regulations |
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CHAPTER VIII: CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS |
| 49. |
Exhibition
of certain timings and Tables of fares at stations |
| 50. |
Supply
of tickets on payment of fare |
| 51. |
Provision
for case in which ticket is issued for class or train
not having accommodation for additional passengers |
| 52. |
Cancellation
of ticket and refund |
| 53. |
Prohibition
against transfer of certain tickets |
| 54. |
Exhibition
and surrender of passes and tickets |
| 55. |
Prohibition
against travelling without pass or ticket |
| 56. |
Power
to refuse to carry persons suffering from infectious or
contagious diseases |
| 57. |
Maximum
number of passengers for each compartment |
| 58. |
Earmarking
of compartment, etc., for ladies |
| 59. |
Communications
between passengers and railway servant in charge of train |
| 60. |
Power
to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter |
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CHAPTER IX: CARRIAGE OF GOODS |
| 61. |
Maintenance
of rate-books, etc., for carriage of goods |
| 62. |
Conditions
for receiving, etc., of goods |
| 63. |
Provision
of risk rate |
| 64. |
Forwarding
note |
| 65. |
Railway
receipt |
| 66. |
Power
to require statement relating to the description of goods |
| 67. |
Carriage
of dangerous or offensive goods |
| 68. |
Carriage
of animals suffering from infectious or contagious diseases |
| 69. |
Deviation
of route |
| 70. |
Prohibition
of undue preference |
| 71. |
Power
to give direction in regard to carriage of certain goods |
| 72. |
Maximum
carrying capacity for wagons and trucks |
| 73. |
Punitive
charge for overloading a wagon |
| 74. |
Passing
of property in the goods covered by railway receipt |
| 75. |
Section
74 not to affect right of stoppage in transit or claims
for freight |
| 76. |
Surrender
of railway receipt |
| 77. |
Power
of railway administration to deliver goods or sale proceeds
thereof in certain cases |
| 78. |
Power
to measure, weigh, etc |
| 79. |
Weighment
of consignment on request of the consignee of endorsee |
| 80. |
Liability
of railway administration for wrong delivery |
| 81. |
Open
delivery of consignments |
| 82. |
Partial
delivery of consignments |
| 83. |
Lien
for freight or any other sum due |
| 84. |
Unclaimed
consignment |
| 85. |
Disposal
of perishable consignments in certain circumstances |
| 86. |
Sales
under sections 83 to 85 not to affect the right to suit |
| 87. |
Power
to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter |
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CHAPTER X: SPECIAL PROVISIONS AS TO GOODS BOOKED
TO NOTIFIED STATIONS |
| 88. |
Definitions |
| 89. |
Power
to declare notified stations |
| 90. |
Disposal
of unremoved goods at notified stations |
| 91. |
Price
to be paid to person entitled after deducting dues |
| 92. |
Power
to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter |
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CHAPTER XI: RESPONSIBILITIES OF RAILWAY ADMINISTRATIONS
AS CARRIERS |
| 93. |
General
responsibility of a railway administration as carrier
of goods |
| 94. |
Goods
to be loaded or delivered at a siding not belonging to
a railway administration |
| 95. |
Delay
or detention in transit |
| 96. |
Traffic
passing over railways in India and railways in foreign
countries |
| 97. |
Goods
carried at owner's risk rate |
| 98. |
Goods
in defective condition or defectively packed |
| 99. |
Responsibility
of a railway administration after termination of transit |
| 100. |
Responsibility
as carrier of luggage |
| 101. |
Responsibility
as a carrier of animals |
| 102. |
Exoneration
from liability in certain cases |
| 103. |
Extent
of monetary liability in respect of any consignment |
| 104. |
Extent
of liability in respect of goods carried in open wagon |
| 105. |
Right
of railway administration to check contents of certain
consignment or luggage |
| 106. |
Notice
of claim for compensation and refund of over-charge |
| 107. |
Applications
for compensation for loss, etc., of goods |
| 108. |
Person
entitled to claim compensation |
| 109. |
Railway
administration against which application for compensation
for personal injury is to be filed |
| 110. |
Burden
of proof |
| 111. |
Extent
of liability of railway administration in respect of accidents
at sea |
| 112. |
Power
to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter |
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CHAPTER XII: ACCIDENTS |
| 113. |
Notice
of railway accident |
| 114. |
Inquiry
by Commissioner |
| 115. |
Inquiry
by railway administration |
| 116. |
Powers
of Commissioner in relation to inquiries |
| 117. |
Statement
made before Commissioner |
| 118. |
Procedure,
etc |
| 119. |
No
inquiry, investigation, etc., to be made if the Commission
of Inquiry is appointed |
| 120. |
Inquiry
into accident not covered by section |
| 121. |
Returns |
| 122. |
Power
to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter |
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CHAPTER XIII: LIABILITY OF RAILWAY AMINISTRATION
FOR DEATH AND INJURY TO PASSENGERS DUE TO ACCIDENTS |
| 123. |
Definitions |
| 124. |
Extent
of liability |
| 124-A. |
Compensation
on account of untoward incident |
| 125. |
Application
for compensation |
| 126. |
Interim
relief by railway administration |
| 127. |
Determination
of compensation in respect of any injury or loss of goods |
| 128. |
Saving
as to certain rights |
| 129. |
Power
to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter |
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CHAPTER XIV: REGULATION OF HOURS OF WORK AND
PERIOD OF REST |
| 130. |
Definitions |
| 131. |
Chapter
not to apply to certain railway servants |
| 132. |
Limitation of hours of work |
| 133. |
Grant of periodical rest |
| 134. |
Railway servant to remain on duty |
| 135. |
Supervisors of railway labour |
| 136. |
Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter |
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CHAPTER XV: PENALTIES AND OFFENCES |
| 137. |
Fraudulently travelling or attempting to travel without proper pass or ticket |
| 138. |
Levy of excess change and fare for travelling without proper pass or ticket or beyond authorised distance |
| 139. |
Power to remove persons |
| 140. |
Security for good behavior in certain cases |
| 141. |
Needlessly interfering with means of communication in a train |
| 142. |
Penalty for transfer of tickets |
| 143. |
Penalty for unauthorised carrying on of business of procuring and supplying of railway tickets |
| 144. |
Prohibition on hawking, etc., and begging |
| 145. |
Drunkenness or nuisance |
| 146. |
Obstructing railway servant in his duties |
| 147. |
Trespass and refusal to desist from trespass |
| 148. |
Penalty for making a false statement in an application for compensation |
| 149. |
Making a false claim for compensation |
| 150. |
Maliciously wrecking or attempting to wreck a train |
| 151. |
Damage to or destruction of certain railway properties |
| 152. |
Maliciously hurting or attempting to hurt persons travelling by railway |
| 153. |
Endangering safety of persons travelling by railway by wilful act or omission |
| 154. |
Endangering safety of persons travelling by railway by rash or negligent act or omission |
| 155. |
Entering into a compartment reserved or resisting entry into a compartment not reserved |
| 156. |
Travelling on roof, step or engine of a train |
| 157. |
Altering or defacing pass or ticket |
| 158. |
Penalty for contravention of any of the provision of Chapter XIV |
| 159. |
Disobedience of drivers or conductors of vehicles to directions of railway servant, etc |
| 160. |
Opening or breaking a level crossing gate |
| 161. |
Negligently crossing unmanned level crossing |
| 162. |
Entering carriage or other place reserved for females |
| 163. |
Giving false account of goods |
| 164. |
Unlawfully bringing dangerous goods on a railway |
| 165. |
Unlawfully bringing offensive goods on a railway |
| 166. |
Defacing public notices |
| 167. |
Smoking |
| 168. |
Provision with respect to commission of offence by the children of acts endangering safety of person travelling on railway |
| 169. |
Levy of penalty on non-Government railway |
| 170. |
Recovery of penalty |
| 171. |
Section 169 or 170 not to preclude Central Government from taking any other action |
| 172. |
Penalty for intoxication |
| 173. |
Abandoning train, etc., without authority |
| 174. |
Obstructing running of train, etc |
| 175. |
Endangering the safety of persons |
| 176. |
Obstructing level crossing |
| 177. |
False returns |
| 178. |
Making a false report by a railway servant |
| 179. |
Arrest for offences under certain sections |
| 180. |
Arrest of persons likely to abscond, etc |
| 181. |
Magistrate having jurisdiction under the Act |
| 182. |
Place of trial |
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CHAPTER XVI: MISCELLANEOUS |
| 183. |
Power to provide other transport services |
| 184. |
Taxation on railways by local authorities |
| 185. |
Taxation on railways for advertisement |
| 186. |
Protection of action taken in good faith |
| 187. |
Restriction on execution against railway property |
| 188. |
Railway servants to be public servants for the purposes of Chapter IX and section 409 of the Indian Penal Code |
| 189. |
Railway servants not to engage in trade |
| 190. |
Procedure for delivery to railway administration of property detained by a railway servant |
| 191. |
Proof of entries in records and documents |
| 192. |
Service of notice, etc. on railway administration |
| 193. |
Service of notice, etc., by railway administration |
| 194. |
Presumption where notice is served by post |
| 195. |
Representation of railway administration |
| 196. |
Power to exempt railway from Act |
| 197. |
Matters supplemental to the definitions of "railway" and "railway servant" |
| 198. |
General power to make rules |
| 199. |
Rules to be laid before Parliament |
| 200. |
Repeal and saving |
