Section 2:
Investment of Railway Board with powers under Indian Railways Act, 1890.
The Central
Government may, by notification1 in the Official Gazette, invest the Railway Board, either absolutely or
subject to conditions,--
(a) with all or any of the powers or functions of the Central Government under the Indian
Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890), with respect to all or any railways, and
(b) with the power of the officer referred to in section 47 of the said Act to make general rules for
railways administered by the Government.
Notes:
1. For notifications see Gazette of India, 1905, Pt. I, p. 232; 1906, Pt. I, p.927, and 1908, Pt. I, p.169.