Section 18
Application of Act 9 of 1890 and the rules, etc., made thereunder to the metro railway.
The Calcutta Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Temporary Provisions Act, 1985
About this Act
An Act to make temporary provisions for the operation and maintenance of the Calcutta metro railway and for matters connected therewith, pending the making of regular arrangements for such operation and maintenance.
Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, the provisions of the Indian Railways Act, 1890, and
the rules, orders or notifications made or issued thereunder shall, so far as may be, and subject to such
modifications as may be necessary, apply to the operation and maintenance of the metro railway, as if
such metro railway were a railway as defined under that Act, and the references to "railway
administration" and "inspector" in that Act shall be construed as references to the "metro railway
administration" and "commissioner" respectively.