Section List

24/1989 - The Railways Act, 1989 ▶

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 Number	Title	Actions
1	Short title and commencement.
2	Definitions.
3	Zonal Railways.
4	Appointment of General Manager.
4A	Establishment of Railway Land Development Authority.
4B	Composition of Authority.
4C	Terms and conditions of appointment of Vice-Chairman and other Members.
4D	Functions of Authority.
4E	Powers of Authority to enter into agreements and execute contracts.
4F	Procedure of transaction of business of Authority.
4G	Appointment of officers and other employees of Authority.
4H	Salaries, allowances, etc., to be defrayed out of Consolidated Fund of India.
4-I	Power of Authority to make regulations.
5	Appointment of Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety and Commissioners of Railway Safety.
6	Duties of Commissioner.
7	Powers of Commissioner.
8	Commissioner to be public servant.
9	Facilities to be afforded to Commissioners.
10	Annual report of Commissioners.
11	Power of railway administrations to execute all necessary works.
12	Power to alter the position of pipe, electric supply line drain or sewer, etc.
13	Protection for Government property.
14	Temporary entry upon land to remove obstruction, to repair or to prevent accident.
15	Payment of amount for damage or loss.
16	Accommodation works.
17	Power of owner, occupier, State Government or local authority to cause additional accommodation works to be made.
18	Fences, gates and bars.
19	Overbridges and underbridges.
20	Power of Central Government to give directions for safety.
20A	Power to acquire land, etc.
20B	Power to enter for survey, etc.
20C	Evaluation of damages during survey, measurement, etc.
20D	Hearing of objections, etc.
20E	Declaration of acquisition.
20F	Determination of amount payable as compensation.
20G	Criterion for determination of market-value of land.
20H	Deposit and payment of amount.
20-I	Power to take possession.
20J	Right to enter into land where land has vested in Central Government.
20K	Competent authority to have certain powers of civil court.
20L	Utilisation of land for the purpose it is acquired.
20M	Sharing with landowners the difference in price of a land when transferred for a higher consideration.
20N	Land Acquisition Act 1 of 1894 not to apply.
20-O	Application of the National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2007 to persons affected due to land acquisition.
20P	Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter.
21	Sanction of the Central Government to the opening of railway.
22	Formalities to be complied with before giving sanction to the opening of a railway.
23	Sections 21 and 22 to apply to the opening of certain works.
24	Temporary suspension of traffic.
25	Power to close railway opened for the public carriage of passengers.
26	Re-opening of closed railway.
27	Use of rolling stock.
28	Delegation of powers.
29	Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter.
30	Power to fix rates.
31	Power to classify commodities or alter rates.
32	Power of railway administration to charge certain rates.
33	Tribunal.
34	[Omitted.].
35	[Omitted.].
36	Complaints against a railway administration
37	Matters not within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal.
38	Powers of the Tribunal.
39	Reference to the Tribunal.
40	Assistance by the Central Government.
41	Burden of proof, etc.
42	Decision, etc., of the Tribunal.
43	Bar of jurisdiction of courts.
44	Reliefs which the Tribunal may grant.
45	Revision of decisions given by the Tribunal.
46	Execution of decisions or orders of the Tribunal.
47	Report to the Central Government.
48	Power of the Tribunal to make regulations.
49	Exhibition of certain timings and tables of fares at stations.
50	Supply of tickets on payment of fare.
51	Provision for case in which ticket is issued for class or train not having accommodation for additional passengers.
52	Cancellation of ticket and refund.
53	Prohibition against transfer of certain tickets.
54	Exhibition and surrender of passes and tickets.
55	Prohibition against travelling without pass or ticket.
56	Power to refuse to carry persons suffering from infectious or contagious diseases.
57	Maximum number of passengers for each compartment.
58	Earmarking of compartment, etc., for ladies.
59	Communications between passengers and railway servant in charge of train.
60	Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter.
61	Maintenance of rate-books, etc., for carriage of goods.
62	Conditions for receiving, etc., of goods.
63	Provisions of risk rates.
64	Forwarding note.
65	Railway receipt.
66	Power to require statement relating to the description of goods.
67	Carriage of dangerous or offensive goods.
68	Carriage of animals suffering from infectious or contagious diseases.
69	Deviation of route.
70	Prohibition of undue preference.
71	Power to give direction in regard to carriage of certain goods.
72	Maximum carrying capacity for wagons and trucks.
73	Punitive charge for overloading a wagon.
74	Passing of property in the goods covered by railway receipt.
75	Section 74 not to affect right of stoppage in transit or claims for freight.
76	Surrender of railway receipt.
77	Power of railway administration to deliver goods or sale proceeds thereof in certain cases.
78	Power to measure, weigh, etc.
79	Weighment of consignment on request of the consignee or endorsee.
80	Liability of railway administration for wrong delivery.
81	Open delivery of consigrments.
82	Partial delivery of consignments.
83	Lien for freight or any other sum due.
84	Unclaimed consignment.
85	Disposal of perishable consignments in certain circumstances.
86	Sales under sections 83 to 85 not to affect the right to suit.
87	Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter.
88	Definitions.
89	Power to declare notified stations.
90	Disposal of unremoved goods at notified stations.
91	Price to be paid to person entitled after deducting dues.
92	Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter.
93	General responsibility of a railway administration as carrier of goods.
94	Goods to be loaded or delivered at a siding not belonging to a railway administration.
95	Delay or detention in transit.
96	Traffic passing over railways in India and railways in foreign countries.
97	Goods carried at owner’s risk rate.
98	Goods in defective condition or defectively packed.
99	Responsibility of a railway administration after termination of transit.
100	Responsibility as carrier of luggage.
101	Responsibility as a carrier of animals.
102	Exoneration from liability in certain cases.
103	Extent of monetary liability in respect of any consignment.
104	Extent of liability in respect of goods carried in open wagon.
105	Right of railway administration to check contents of certain consignment or luggage.
106	Notice of claim for compensation and refund of overcharge.
107	Applications for compensation for loss, etc., of goods.
108	Person entitled to claim compensation.
109	Railway administration against which application for compensation for personal injury is to be filed.
110	Burden of proof.
111	Extent of liability of railway administration in respect of accidents at sea.
112	Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter.
113	Notice of railway accident.
114	Inquiry by Commissioner.
115	Inquiry by railway administration.
116	Powers of Commissioner in relation to inquiries.
117	Statement made before Commissioner.
118	Procedure, etc.
119	No inquiry, investigation, etc., to be made if the Commission of Inquiry is appointed.
120	Inquiry into accident not covered by section 113.
121	Returns.
122	Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter.
123	Definitions.
124	Extent of liability.
124A	Compensation on account of untoward incidents.
125	Application for compensation.
126	Interim relief by railway administration.
127	Determination of compensation in respect of any injury or loss of goods.
128	Saving as to certain rights.
129	Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter.
130	Definitions.
131	Chapter not to apply to certain railway servants.
132	Limitation of hours of work.
133	Grant of periodical rest.
134	Railway servant to remain on duty.
135	Supervisors of railway labour.
136	Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter.
137	Fraudulently travelling or attempting to travel without proper pass or ticket.
138	Levy of excess charge and fare for travelling without proper pass or ticket or beyond authorised distance.
139	Power to remove persons.
140	Security for good behaviour in certain cases.
141	Needlessly interfering with means of communication in a train.
142	Penalty for transfer of tickets.
143	Penalty for unauthorised carrying on of business of procuring and supplying of railway tickets.
144	Prohibition on hawking, etc., and begging.
145	Drunkenness or nuisance.
146	Obstructing railway servant in his duties.
147	Trespass and refusal to desist from trespass.
148	Penalty for making a false statement in an application for compensation.
149	Making a false claim for compensation.
150	Maliciously wrecking or attempting to wreck a train.
151	Damage to or destruction of certain railway properties.
152	Maliciously hurting or attempting to hurt persons travelling by railway.
153	Endangering safety of persons travelling by railway by wilful act or omission.
154	Endangering safety of persons travelling by railway by rash or negligent act or omission.
155	Entering into a compartment reserved or resisting entry into a compartment not reserved.
156	Travelling on roof, step or engine of a train.
157	Altering or defacing pass or ticket.
158	Penalty for contravention of any of the provisions of Chapter XIV.
159	Disobedience of drivers or conductors of vehicles to directions of railway servant, etc.
160	Opening or breaking a level crossing gate.
161	Negligently crossing unmanned level crossing.
162	Entering carriage or other place reserved for females.
163	Giving false account of goods.
164	Unlawfully bringing dangerous goods on a railway.
165	Unlawfully bringing offensive goods on a railway.
166	Defacing public notices.
167	Smoking.
168	Provision with respect to commission of offence by the children of acts endangering safety of person travelling on railway.
169	Levy of penalty on non-Government railway.
170	Recovery of penalty.
171	Section 169 or 170 not to preclude Central Government from taking any other action.
172	Penalty for intoxication.
173	Abandoning train, etc., without authority.
174	Obstructing running of train, etc.
175	Endangering the safety of persons.
176	Obstructing level crossing.
177	False returns.
178	Making a false report by a railway servant.
179	Arrest for offences under certain sections.
180	Arrest of persons likely to abscond, etc.
180A	Inquiry by officer authorised to ascertain commission of offence.
180B	Powers of officer authorised to inquire.
180C	Disposal of persons arrested.
180D	Inquiry how to be made against arrested person.
180E	Search, seizure and arrest how to be made.
180F	Cognizance by Court on a complaint made by officer authorised.
180G	Punishment for certain offences in relation to inquiry.
181	Magistrate having jurisdiction under the Act.
182	Place of trial.
183	Power to provide other transport services.
184	Taxation on railways by local authorities.
185	Taxation on railways for advertisement.
186	Protection of action taken in good faith.
187	Restriction on execution against railway property.
188	Railway servants to be public servants for the purposes of Chapter IX and section 409 of the Indian Penal Code.
189	Railway servants not to engage in trade.
190	Procedure for delivery to railway administration of property detained by a railway servant.
191	Proof of entries in records and documents.
192	Service of notice, etc., on railway administration.
193	Service of notice, etc., by railway administration.
194	Presumption where notice is served by post.
195	Representation of railway administration.
196	Power to exempt railway from Act.
197	Matters supplemental to the definitions of "railway" and "railway servant".
198	General power to make rules.
199	Rules to be laid before Parliament.
200	Repeal and saving.