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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Railways Act, 1989 Section 156

Travelling on Roof, Step or Engine of a Train

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Railways Act, 1989 Section 156 is part of Railways Act, 1989 - Travelling on Roof, Step or Engine of a Train. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

If any passenger or any other person, after being warned by a railway servant to desist, persists in travelling on the roof, step or footboard of any carriage or on an engine, or in any other part of a train not intended for the use of passengers, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both and may be removed from the railway by any railway servant.

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What does Railways Act, 1989 Section 156 provide?

Section Section 156 of the Railways Act, 1989 (Travelling on Roof, Step or Engine of a Train) 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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