Section 1:
Short title and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Railways Act, 1989.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint:
Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference
in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming
into force of that provision.
Notes:
1 1st July, 1990, vide notification No. S.O. 475(E), dated 12th June, 1990, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).