Pass, means an authority given by the Central Government or a railway administration to a person allowing him to travel as a passenger, but does not include a ticket. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2 (28)]
The word 'passes' as it occurs in s. 5(1) of the Estate Duty Act, 1953 means 'charges hands', Controller of Estate Duty v. Usha Devi Patankar, AIR 1969 MP 229 (232). [Estates Duty Act, 1953, s. 5 (11)]
Means an authority given by the metro railway administration or by an officer appointed by that administration in this behalf, to a person allowing him to travel as a passenger on the metro railway, but does not include a ticket. [Delhi Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002, s. 2(n)]