The Railways Act, 1989 — Table of Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — Railway Administrations
Chapter IIA — Rail Land Development Authority
- 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
Chapter III — Commissioners of Railway Safety
- 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
Chapter IV — Construction and Maintenance of Works
- 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
Chapter IVA — Land Acquisition for a Special Railway Project
- 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
- 20P. Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter
Chapter V — Opening of Railways
- 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
Chapter VI — Fixation of Rates
- 30. Power to fix rates
- 31. Power to classify commodities or alter rates
- 32. Power of railway administration to charge certain rates
Chapter VII — Tribunal
- 33. Tribunal
- 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
Chapter VIII — Carriage of Passengers
- 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
Chapter IX — Carriage of Goods
- 61. Maintenance of rate-books, etc., for carriage of goods
- 62. Conditions for receiving, etc., of goods
- 63. Provision 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 consignments
- 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
Chapter X — Special Provisions as to Goods Booked to Notified Stations
- 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
Chapter XI — Responsibilities of Railway Administrations as Carriers
- 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 retention 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
Chapter XII — Accidents
- 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
Chapter XIII — Liability of Railway Administration for Death and Injury to Passengers Due to Accidents
- 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
Chapter XIV — Regulation of Hours of Work and Period of Rest
- 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
Chapter XV — Penalties and Offences
- 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
Chapter XVI — Miscellaneous
- 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
