Act Number: 23

Act Name: The Railway Protection Force Act, 1957

Year: 1957

Enactment Date: 1957-08-29

Long Title: An Act to provide for the constitution and regulation of an armed Force of the Union for the better protection and security of railway property, passenger area and passengers and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Railways

Department:

Section 10: Officers and members of the Force to be deemed to be railway servants.
    1[Director-General and every member of the Force] shall for all purposes be regarded as railway servants with the meaning of the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890), other than Chapter VIA thereof, and shall be entitled to exercise the powers conferred on railway servants by or under that Act.
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 18 and the Schedule, ibid., for certain words (w.e.f. 20-9-1985).
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