Act Info:
Preamble1 - RAILWAYS ACT, 1989
Chapter 1 Section1 - Short title and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter 2 Section3 - Zonal Railways
Section4 - Appointment of General Manager
ChapterIIA - RAIL LAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Section4A - Establishment of Railway Land Development Authority
Section4B - Composition of Authority
Section4C - Terms and conditions of appointment of Vice-Chairman and other Members
Section4D - Functions of Authority
Section4E - Powers of Authority to enter into agreements and execute contracts
Section4F - Procedure of transaction of business of Authority
Section4G - Appointment of officers and other employees of Authority
Section4H - Salaries, allowances, etc., to be defrayed out of Consolidated Fund of India
Section4I - Power of Authority to make regulations
Chapter 3 Section5 - Appointment of Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety and Commissioners of Railway Safety
Section6 - Duties of Commissioner
Section7 - Powers of Commissioner
Section8 - Commissioner to be public servant
Section9 - Facilities to be afforded to Commissioners
Section10 - Annual report of Commissioners
Chapter 4 Section11 - Power of railway administrations to execute all necessary works
Section12 - Power to alter the position of pipe, electric supply line, drain or sewer, etc.
Section13 - Protection for Government Property
Section14 - Temporary entry upon land to remove obstruction, to repair or to prevent accident
Section15 - Payment of amount for damage or loss
Section16 - Accommodation works
Section17 - Power of owner, occupier, State Government or local authority to cause additional accommodation works to be made
Section18 - Fences, gates and bars
Section19 - Overbridges and underbridges
Section20 - Power of Central Government to give directions for safety
Chapter IV A Section20A - Power to acquire land etc.
Section20B - Power of enter for survey, etc.
Section20C - Evaluation of damages during survey, measurement, etc.
Section20D - Hearing of objections, etc.
Section20E - Declaration of acquisition
Section20F - Determination of amount payable as compensation
Section20G - Criterion for determination of market-value of land
Section20H - Deposit and payment of amount
Section20I - Power to make possession
Section20J - Right to enter into land where land has vested in Central Government
Section20K - Competent authority to have certain powers of civil court
Section20L - Utilisation of land for the purpose it is acquired
Section20M - Sharing with landowners the difference in price of a land when transferred for a higher consideration
Section20N - 20N. Land Acquisition Act 1 of 1894 not to apply
Section20O - Application of the National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2007 to persons affected due to land acquisiton
Section20P - Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter
Chapter 5 Section21 - Sanction of the Central Government to the opening of railway
Section22 - Formalities to be complied with before giving sanction to the opening of a railway
Section23 - Sections 21 and 22 to apply to the opening of certain works
Section24 - Temporary suspension of traffic
Section25 - Power to close railway opened for the public carriage of passengers
Section26 - Re-opening of closed railway
Section27 - Use of rolling stock
Section28 - Delegation of powers
Section29 - Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter
Chapter 6 Section30 - Power to fix rates
Section31 - Power to classify commodities or alter rates
Section32 - Power of railway administration to charge certain rates
Chapter 7 Section33 - Constitution of the Railway Rates Tribunal
Section34 - Staff of the Tribunal
Section35 - Sittings of the Tribunal
Section36 - Complaints against a railway administration
Section37 - Matters not within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal
Section38 - Powers of the Tribunal
Section39 - Reference to the Tribunal
Section40 - Assistance by the Central Government
Section41 - Burden of proof, etc.
Section42 - Decision, etc., of the Tribunal
Section43 - Bar of jurisdiction of courts
Section44 - Reliefs which the Tribunal may grant
Section45 - Revision of decisions given by the Tribunal
Section46 - Execution of decisions or orders of the Tribunal
Section47 - Report to the Central Government
Section48 - Power of the Tribunal to make regulations
Chapter 8 Section49 - Exhibition of certain timings and tables of fares at stations
Section50 - Supply of tickets on payment of fare
Section51 - Provision for case in which ticket is issued for class or train not having accommodation for additional passengers
Section52 - Cancellation of ticket and refund
Section53 - Prohibition against transfer of certain tickets
Section54 - Exhibition and surrender of passes and tickets
Section55 - Prohibition against travelling without pass or ticket
Section56 - Power to refuse to carry persons suffering from infectious or contagious diseases
Section57 - Maximum number of passengers for each compartment
Section58 - Earmarking of compartment, etc., for ladies
Section59 - Communications between passengers and railway servant in charge of train
Section60 - Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter
Chapter 9 Section61 - Maintenance of rate-books, etc., for carriage of goods
Section62 - Conditions for receiving, etc., of goods
Section63 - Provision of risk rates
Section64 - Forwarding note
Section65 - Railway receipt
Section66 - Power to require statement relating to the description of goods
Section67 - Carriage of dangerous or offensive goods
Section68 - Carriage of animals suffering from infectious or contagious diseases
Section69 - Deviation of route
Section70 - Prohibition of undue preference
Section71 - Power to give direction in regard to carriage of certain goods
Section72 - Maximum carrying capacity for wagons and trucks
Section73 - Punitive charge for overloading a wagon
Section74 - Passing of property in the goods covered by railway receipt
Section75 - Section 74 not to affect right of stoppage in transit or claims for freight
Section76 - Surrender of railway receipt
Section77 - Power of railway administration to deliver goods or sale proceeds thereof in certain cases
Section78 - Power to measure, weigh, etc.
Section79 - Weighment of consignment on request of the consignee or endorsee
Section80 - Liability of railway administration for wrong delivery
Section81 - Open delivery of consignments
Section82 - Partial delivery of consignments
Section83 - Lien for freight or any other sum due
Section84 - Unclaimed consignment
Section85 - Disposal of perishable consignments in certain circumstances
Section86 - Sales under sections 83 to 85 not to affect the right to suit
Section87 - Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter
Chapter 10 Section88 - Definitions
Section89 - Power to declare notified stations
Section90 - Disposal of unremoved goods at notified stations
Section91 - Price to be paid to person entitled after deducting dues
Section92 - Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter
Chapter 11 Section93 - General responsibility of a railway administration as carrier of goods
Section94 - Goods to be loaded or delivered at a siding not belonging to a railway administration
Section95 - Delay or detention in transit
Section96 - Traffic passing over railways in India and railways in foreign countries
Section97 - Goods carried at owner's risk rate
Section98 - Goods in defective condition or defectively packed
Section99 - Responsibility of a railway administration after termination of transit
Section100 - Responsibility as carrier of luggage
Section101 - Responsibility as a carrier of animals
Section102 - Exoneration from liability in certain cases
Section103 - Extent of monetary liability in respect of any consignment
Section104 - Extent of liability in respect of goods carried in open wagon
Section105 - Right of railway administration to check contents of certain consignment or luggage
Section106 - Notice of claim for compensation and refund of overcharge
Section107 - Applications for compensation for loss, etc., of goods
Section108 - Person entitled to claim compensation
Section109 - Railway administration against which application for compensation for personal injury is to be filed
Section110 - Burden of proof
Section111 - Extent of liability of railway administration in respect of accidents at sea
Section112 - Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter
Chapter 12 Section113 - Notice of railway accident
Section114 - Inquiry by Commissioner
Section115 - Inquiry by railway administration
Section116 - Powers of Commissioner in relation to inquiries
Section117 - Statement made before Commissioner
Section118 - Procedure, etc.
Section119 - No inquiry, investigation, etc., to be made if the Commission of Inquiry is appointed
Section120 - Inquiry into accident not covered by section 113
Section121 - Returns
Section122 - Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter
Chapter 13 Section123 - Definitions
Section124 - Extent of liability
Section124A - Compensation on account of untoward incident
Section125 - Application for compensation
Section126 - Interim relief by railway administration
Section127 - Determination of compensation in respect of any injury or loss of goods
Section128 - Saving as to certain rights
Section129 - Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter
Chapter 14 Section130 - Definitions
Section131 - Chapter not to apply to certain railway servants
Section132 - Limitation of hours of work
Section133 - Grant of periodical rest
Section134 - Railway servant to remain on duty
Section135 - Supervisors of railway labour
Section136 - Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter
Chapter 15 Section137 - Fraudulently travelling or attempting to travel without proper pass or ticket
Section138 - Levy of excess charge and fare for travelling without proper pass or ticket or beyond authorised distance
Section139 - Power to remove persons
Section140 - Security for good behaviour in certain cases
Section141 - Needlessly interfering with means of communication in a train
Section142 - Penalty for transfer of tickets
Section143 - Penalty for unauthorised carrying on of business of procuring and supplying of railway tickets
Section144 - Prohibition on hawking, etc., and begging
Section145 - Drunkenness or nuisance
Section146 - Obstructing railway servant in his duties
Section147 - Trespass and refusal to desist from trespass
Section148 - Penalty for making a false statement in an application for compensation
Section149 - Making a false claim for compensation
Section150 - Maliciously wrecking or attempting to wreck a train
Section151 - Damage to or destruction of certain railway properties
Section152 - Maliciously hurting or attempting to hurt persons travelling by railway
Section153 - Endangering safety of persons travelling by railway by wilful act or omission
Section154 - Endangering safety of persons travelling by railway by rash or negligent act or omission
Section155 - Entering into a compartment reserved or resisting entry into a compartment not reserved
Section156 - Travelling on roof, step or engine of a train
Section157 - Altering or defacing pass or ticket
Section158 - Penalty for contravention of any of the provision of Chapter XIV
Section159 - Disobedience of drivers or conductors of vehicles to directions of railway servant, etc.
Section160 - Opening or breaking a level crossing gate
Section161 - Negligently crossing unmanned level crossing
Section162 - Entering carriage or other place reserved for females
Section163 - Giving false account of goods
Section164 - Unlawfully bringing dangerous goods on a railway
Section165 - Unlawfully bringing offensive goods on a railway
Section166 - Defacing public notices
Section167 - Smoking
Section168 - Provision with respect to commission of offence by the children of acts endangering safety of person travelling on railway
Section169 - Levy of penalty on non-Government railway
Section170 - Recovery of penalty
Section171 - Section 169 or 170 not to preclude Central Government from taking any other action
Section172 - Penalty for intoxication
Section173 - Abandoning train, etc., without authority
Section174 - Obstructing running of train, etc.
Section175 - Endangering the safety of persons
Section176 - Obstructing level crossing
Section177 - False returns
Section178 - Making a false report by a railway servant
Section179 - Arrest for offences under certain sections
Section180 - Arrest of persons likely to abscond, etc.
Section180A - Inquiry by officer authorized to ascertain commission of offences
Section180B - Power of officer authorized to inquire
Section180C - Disposal of persons arrested
Section180D - Inquiry how to be made against arrested person
Section180E - Search , seizure and arrest how to be made
Section180F - Cognizance by Court on a complaint made by officer authorised
Section180G - Punishment for certain offences in relation to inquiry
Section181 - Magistrate having jurisdiction under the Act
Section182 - Place of trial
Chapter 16 Section183 - Power to provide other transport services
Section184 - Taxation on railways by local authorities
Section185 - Taxation on railways for advertisement
Section186 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section187 - Restriction on execution against railway property
Section188 - Railway servants to be public servants for the purposes of Chapter IX and section 409 of the Indian Penal Code
Section189 - Railway servants not to engage in trade
Section190 - Procedure for delivery to railway administration of property detained by a railway servant
Section191 - Proof of entries in records and documents
Section192 - Service of notice, etc., on railway administration
Section193 - Service of notice, etc., by railway administration
Section194 - Presumption where notice is served by post
Section195 - Representation of railway administration
Section196 - Power to exempt railway from Act
Section197 - Matters supplemental to the definitions of "railway" and "railway servant"
Section198 - General power to make rules
Section199 - Rules to be laid before Parliament
Section200 - Repeal and saving
Amending Act1 - AMENDMENT ACT 1
Amending Act2 - RAILWAYS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2005
Amending Act3 - RAILWAYS (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003
Amending Act4 - THE RAILWAYS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2008