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Railways Act, 1989

Act No. 24 of 1989 An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Railways. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fortieth Year of the Republic of India as follows: -

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

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