The Railways Act, 1989
The Railways Act, 1989, was enacted to consolidate and amend the laws related to railways in India. It provides a comprehensive framework for the management, operation, and regulation of the Indian Railways, covering various aspects such as administration, carriage of passengers and goods, accidents, and penalties.
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Section 138: Levy of excess charge and fare for travelling without proper pass or ticket or beyond authorised distance
Text of Section 138: Passenger’s Liability for Excess Charge: If any passenger: (a) Being in or having alighted from a…
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Section 137: Fraudulently travelling or attempting to travel without proper pass or ticket
Text of Section 137: If any person, with intent to defraud a railway administration— (a) enters or remains in any…
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Section 136: Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter
Text of Section 136: The Central Government may, by notification, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.…
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Section 135: Supervisors of railway labour
Text of Section 135: Subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf, the Central Government may appoint…
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Section 134: Railway servant to remain on duty
Text of Section 134: Nothing in this Chapter or the rules made thereunder shall, where due provision has been made…
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Section 133: Grant of periodical rest
Text of Section 133: Subject to the provisions of this section, a railway servant: (a) whose employment is intensive or…
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Section 132: Limitation of hours of work
Text of Section 132: A railway servant whose employment is essentially intermittent shall not be employed for more than seventy-five…
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Section 131: Chapter not to apply to certain railway servants
Text of Section 131: “Nothing in this Chapter shall apply to any railway servant to whom the Factories Act, 1948…
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Section 130: Definitions
Section 130 defines the key terms related to the regulation of working hours and rest periods for railway servants. These…
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Section 129: Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter
Section 129 grants the Central Government the authority to make rules for the implementation of the chapter that deals with…
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