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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Railways Act, 1989 Section 139

Power to Remove Persons

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Railways Act, 1989 Section 139 is part of Railways Act, 1989 - Power to Remove Persons. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Any person failing or refusing to pay the fare and the excess charge referred to in section 138 may be removed by any railway servant authorised in this behalf who may call to his aid any other person to effect such removal:

Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude a person removed from a carriage of a higher class from continuing his journey in a carriage of a class for which he holds a pass or ticket:

Provided further that a woman or a child if unaccompanied by a male passenger, shall not be so removed except either at the station from where she or he commences her or his journey or at a junction or terminal station or station at the headquarters of a civil district and such removal shall be made only during the day.

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What does Railways Act, 1989 Section 139 provide?

Section Section 139 of the Railways Act, 1989 (Power to Remove Persons) is reproduced on this page as part of the Railways Act, 1989. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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