Act Number: 24

Act Name: The Railways Act, 1989

Year: 1989

Enactment Date: 1989-06-03

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Railways.

Ministry: Ministry of Railways

Department:

Section 94: Goods to be loaded or delivered at a siding not belonging to a railway administration.
    (1) Where goods are required to be loaded at a siding not belonging to a railway administration for carriage by railway, the railway administration shall not be responsible for any loss, destruction, damage or deterioration of such goods from whatever cause arising, until the wagon containing the goods has been placed at the specified point of interchange of wagons between the siding and the railway administration and a railway servant authorised in this behalf has been informed in writing accordingly by the owner of the siding.
     (2) Where any consignment is required to be delivered by a railway administration at a siding not belonging to a railway administration, the railway administration shall not be responsible for any loss, destruction, damage or deterioration or non-delivery of such consignment from whatever cause arising after the wagon containing the consignment has been placed at the specified point of interchange of wagons between the railway and the siding and the owner of the siding has been informed in writing accordingly by a railway by a railway servant authorised in this behalf.
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