Section 55:
Prohibition against travelling without pass or ticket.
(1) No person shall enter or remain in
any carriage on a railway for the purpose of travelling therein as a passenger unless he has with him a
proper pass or ticket or obtained permission of a railway servant authorised in this behalf for such travel.
(2) A person obtaining permission under sub-section (1) shall ordinarily get a certificate from the
railway servant referred to in that sub-section that he has been permitted to travel in such carriage on
condition that he subsequently pays the fare payable for the distance to be travelled.