The Railways Act, 1989
Administered Ministry: Ministry of Railways
Section
Section 1 Short title and commencement. 1 docs
(1) This Act may be called the Railways Act, 1989.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:
Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:
Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
1 1st July, 1990, vide notification No. S.O. 475(E), dated 12th June, 1990, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
Section 2 Definitions.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
(1) "authorised" means authorised by a railway administration;
1[(1A) "Authority" means the Rail Land Development Authority constituted under section 4A;]
(2) "carriage" means the carriage of passengers or goods by a railway administration;
(3) "Claims Tribunal" means the Railway Claims Tribunal established under section 3 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 (54 of 1987);
(4) "classification" means the classification of commodities made under section 31 for the purpose of determining the rates to be charged for carriage of such commodities;
(5) "class rates" means the rate fixed for a class of commodity in the classification;
(6) "Commissioner" means the Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety or the Commissioner of Railway Safety appointed under section 5;
(7) "commodity" means a specific item of goods;
2[(7A) competent authority means any person authorised by the Central Government, by notification, to perform the functions of the competent authority for such area as may be specified in the notification;]
(8) "consignee"means the person named as consignee in a railway receipt;
(9) "consignment" means goods entrusted to a railway administration for carriage;
(10) "consignor" means the person, named in a railway receipt as consignor, by whom or on whose behalf goods covered by the railway receipt are entrusted to a railway administration for carriage;
(11) "demurrage" means the charge levied for the detention of any rolling stock after the expiry of free time, if any, allowed for such detention;
(12) "endorsee" means the person in whose favour an endorsement is made, and in the case of successive endorsements, the person in whose favour the last endorsement is made;
(13) "endorsement" means the signing by the consignee or the endorsee after adding a direction on a railway receipt to pass the property in the goods mentioned in such receipt to a specified person;
(14) "fare" means the charge levied for the carriage of passengers;
(15) "ferry" includes a bridge of boats, pontoons or rafts, a swing bridge, a fly-bridge and a temporary bridge and the approaches to, and landing places of, a ferry;
(16) "forwarding note" means the document executed under section 64;
(17) "freight" means the charge levied for the carriage of goods including transhipment charges, if any;
(18) "General Manager" means the General Manager of a Zonal Railway appointed under section 4;
(19) goods includes
(i) containers, pallets or similar articles of transport used to consolidate goods; and
(ii) animals;
(20) "Government railway" means a railway owned by the Central Government;
(21) "in transit", in relation to the carriage of goods by railway, means the period between the commencement and the termination of transit of such goods, and unless otherwise previously determined
(a) transit commences as soon as the railway receipt is issued or the consignment is loaded, whichever is earlier;
(b) transit terminates on the expiry of the free time allowed for unloading of consignment from any rolling stock and where such unloading has been completed within such free time, transit terminates on the expiry of the free time allowed, for the removal of the goods from the railway premises;
(22) "level crossing" means an inter-section of a road with lines of rails at the same level;
(23) "luggage" means the goods of a passenger either carried by him in his charge or entrusted to a railway administration for carriage;
(24) "lump sum rate" means the rate mutually agreed upon between a railway administration and a consignor for the carriage of goods and for any service in relation to such carriage;
(25) "non-Government railway" means a railway other than a Government railway;
(26) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
3[(26A) officer authorised means an officer authorised by the Central Government under sub-section (2) of section 179;]
(27) "parcel" means goods entrusted to a railway administration for carriage by a passenger or a parcel train;
(28) "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;
(29) "passenger" means a person travelling with a valid pass or ticket;
4[(29A) person interested includes,--
(i) all persons claiming an interest in compensation to be made on account of the acquisition of land under this Act;
(ii) tribals and other traditional forest dwellers, who have lost any traditional rights recognised under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (2 of 2007);
(iii) a person interested in an easement affecting the land; and
(iv) persons having tenancy rights under the relevant State laws;]
(30) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(31) "railway" means a railway, or any portion of a railway, for the public carriage of passengers or goods, and includes
(a) all lands within the fences or other boundary marks indicating the limits of the land appurtenant to a railway;
(b) all lines of rails, sidings, or yards, or branches used for the purposes of, or in connection with, a railway;
(c) all electric traction equipments, power supply and distribution installations used for the purposes of, or in connection with, a railway;
(d) all rolling stock, stations, offices, warehouses, wharves, workshops, manufactories, fixed plant and machinery, roads and streets, running rooms, rest houses, institutes, hospitals, water works and water supply installations, staff dwellings and any other works constructed for the purpose of, or in connection with, railway;
(e) all vehicles which are used on any road for the purposes of traffic of a railway and owned, hired or worked by a railway; and
(f) all ferries, ships, boats and rafts which are used on any canal, river, lake or other navigable inland waters for the purposes of the traffic of a railway and owned, hired or worked by a railway administration, but does not include--
(i) a tramway wholly within a municipal area; and
(ii) lines of rails built in any exhibition ground, fair, park, or any other place solely for the purpose of recreation;
(32) "railway administration", in relation to--
(a) a Government railway, means the General Manager of a Zonal Railway; and
(b) a non-Government railway, means the person who is the owner or lessee of the railway or the person working the railway under an agreement;
5[(32A) "railway land" means any land in which a Government railway has any right, title or interest;]
(33) "railway receipt" means the receipt issued under section 65;
(34) "railway servant" means any person employed by the Central Government or by a railway administration in connection with the service of a railway 6[including member of the Railway Protection Force appointed under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Railway Protection Force Act, 1957 (23 of 1957);]
(35) "rate" includes any fare, freight or any other charge for the carriage of any passenger or goods;
(36) "regulations" means the regulations made by the Railway Rates Tribunal under this Act;
(37) "rolling stock" includes locomotives, lenders, carriages, wagons, rail-cars, containers, trucks, trolleys and vehicles of all kinds moving on rails;
7[(37A) "special railway project" means a project notified as such by the Central Government from time to time, for providing national infrastructure for a public purpose in a specified time-frame, covering one or more States or the Union territories;]
(38) "station to station rate" means a special reduced rate applicable to a specific commodity booked between specified stations;
(39) "traffic" includes rolling stock of every description, as well as passengers and goods;
8[(40) Tribunal means the Tribunal referred to in section 33;]
(41) wharfage means the charge levied on goods for not removing them from the railway after the expiry of the free time for such removal;
(42) "Zonal Railway" means a Zonal Railway constituted under section 3.
(1) "authorised" means authorised by a railway administration;
1[(1A) "Authority" means the Rail Land Development Authority constituted under section 4A;]
(2) "carriage" means the carriage of passengers or goods by a railway administration;
(3) "Claims Tribunal" means the Railway Claims Tribunal established under section 3 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 (54 of 1987);
(4) "classification" means the classification of commodities made under section 31 for the purpose of determining the rates to be charged for carriage of such commodities;
(5) "class rates" means the rate fixed for a class of commodity in the classification;
(6) "Commissioner" means the Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety or the Commissioner of Railway Safety appointed under section 5;
(7) "commodity" means a specific item of goods;
2[(7A) competent authority means any person authorised by the Central Government, by notification, to perform the functions of the competent authority for such area as may be specified in the notification;]
(8) "consignee"means the person named as consignee in a railway receipt;
(9) "consignment" means goods entrusted to a railway administration for carriage;
(10) "consignor" means the person, named in a railway receipt as consignor, by whom or on whose behalf goods covered by the railway receipt are entrusted to a railway administration for carriage;
(11) "demurrage" means the charge levied for the detention of any rolling stock after the expiry of free time, if any, allowed for such detention;
(12) "endorsee" means the person in whose favour an endorsement is made, and in the case of successive endorsements, the person in whose favour the last endorsement is made;
(13) "endorsement" means the signing by the consignee or the endorsee after adding a direction on a railway receipt to pass the property in the goods mentioned in such receipt to a specified person;
(14) "fare" means the charge levied for the carriage of passengers;
(15) "ferry" includes a bridge of boats, pontoons or rafts, a swing bridge, a fly-bridge and a temporary bridge and the approaches to, and landing places of, a ferry;
(16) "forwarding note" means the document executed under section 64;
(17) "freight" means the charge levied for the carriage of goods including transhipment charges, if any;
(18) "General Manager" means the General Manager of a Zonal Railway appointed under section 4;
(19) goods includes
(i) containers, pallets or similar articles of transport used to consolidate goods; and
(ii) animals;
(20) "Government railway" means a railway owned by the Central Government;
(21) "in transit", in relation to the carriage of goods by railway, means the period between the commencement and the termination of transit of such goods, and unless otherwise previously determined
(a) transit commences as soon as the railway receipt is issued or the consignment is loaded, whichever is earlier;
(b) transit terminates on the expiry of the free time allowed for unloading of consignment from any rolling stock and where such unloading has been completed within such free time, transit terminates on the expiry of the free time allowed, for the removal of the goods from the railway premises;
(22) "level crossing" means an inter-section of a road with lines of rails at the same level;
(23) "luggage" means the goods of a passenger either carried by him in his charge or entrusted to a railway administration for carriage;
(24) "lump sum rate" means the rate mutually agreed upon between a railway administration and a consignor for the carriage of goods and for any service in relation to such carriage;
(25) "non-Government railway" means a railway other than a Government railway;
(26) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
3[(26A) officer authorised means an officer authorised by the Central Government under sub-section (2) of section 179;]
(27) "parcel" means goods entrusted to a railway administration for carriage by a passenger or a parcel train;
(28) "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;
(29) "passenger" means a person travelling with a valid pass or ticket;
4[(29A) person interested includes,--
(i) all persons claiming an interest in compensation to be made on account of the acquisition of land under this Act;
(ii) tribals and other traditional forest dwellers, who have lost any traditional rights recognised under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (2 of 2007);
(iii) a person interested in an easement affecting the land; and
(iv) persons having tenancy rights under the relevant State laws;]
(30) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(31) "railway" means a railway, or any portion of a railway, for the public carriage of passengers or goods, and includes
(a) all lands within the fences or other boundary marks indicating the limits of the land appurtenant to a railway;
(b) all lines of rails, sidings, or yards, or branches used for the purposes of, or in connection with, a railway;
(c) all electric traction equipments, power supply and distribution installations used for the purposes of, or in connection with, a railway;
(d) all rolling stock, stations, offices, warehouses, wharves, workshops, manufactories, fixed plant and machinery, roads and streets, running rooms, rest houses, institutes, hospitals, water works and water supply installations, staff dwellings and any other works constructed for the purpose of, or in connection with, railway;
(e) all vehicles which are used on any road for the purposes of traffic of a railway and owned, hired or worked by a railway; and
(f) all ferries, ships, boats and rafts which are used on any canal, river, lake or other navigable inland waters for the purposes of the traffic of a railway and owned, hired or worked by a railway administration, but does not include--
(i) a tramway wholly within a municipal area; and
(ii) lines of rails built in any exhibition ground, fair, park, or any other place solely for the purpose of recreation;
(32) "railway administration", in relation to--
(a) a Government railway, means the General Manager of a Zonal Railway; and
(b) a non-Government railway, means the person who is the owner or lessee of the railway or the person working the railway under an agreement;
5[(32A) "railway land" means any land in which a Government railway has any right, title or interest;]
(33) "railway receipt" means the receipt issued under section 65;
(34) "railway servant" means any person employed by the Central Government or by a railway administration in connection with the service of a railway 6[including member of the Railway Protection Force appointed under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Railway Protection Force Act, 1957 (23 of 1957);]
(35) "rate" includes any fare, freight or any other charge for the carriage of any passenger or goods;
(36) "regulations" means the regulations made by the Railway Rates Tribunal under this Act;
(37) "rolling stock" includes locomotives, lenders, carriages, wagons, rail-cars, containers, trucks, trolleys and vehicles of all kinds moving on rails;
7[(37A) "special railway project" means a project notified as such by the Central Government from time to time, for providing national infrastructure for a public purpose in a specified time-frame, covering one or more States or the Union territories;]
(38) "station to station rate" means a special reduced rate applicable to a specific commodity booked between specified stations;
(39) "traffic" includes rolling stock of every description, as well as passengers and goods;
8[(40) Tribunal means the Tribunal referred to in section 33;]
(41) wharfage means the charge levied on goods for not removing them from the railway after the expiry of the free time for such removal;
(42) "Zonal Railway" means a Zonal Railway constituted under section 3.
1. Ins. by Act 47 of 2005, s. 2 (w.e.f. 30-8-2006).
2. Ins. by Act 11 of 2008, s. 2 (w.e.f. 31-1-2008).
3. Ins. by Act 51 of 2003, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-7-2004).
4. Ins. by Act 11 of 2008, s. 2 (w.e.f. 31-1-2008).
5. Ins. by Act 47 of 2005, s. 2 (w.e.f. 30-8-2006).
6. Ins. by Act 51 of 2003, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-7-2004).
7. Ins. by Act 11 of 2008, s. 2 (w.e.f. 31-1-2008).
8. Subs. by Act 7 of 2017, s. 163, for clause (40) (w.e.f. 26-5-2017).
2. Ins. by Act 11 of 2008, s. 2 (w.e.f. 31-1-2008).
3. Ins. by Act 51 of 2003, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-7-2004).
4. Ins. by Act 11 of 2008, s. 2 (w.e.f. 31-1-2008).
5. Ins. by Act 47 of 2005, s. 2 (w.e.f. 30-8-2006).
6. Ins. by Act 51 of 2003, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-7-2004).
7. Ins. by Act 11 of 2008, s. 2 (w.e.f. 31-1-2008).
8. Subs. by Act 7 of 2017, s. 163, for clause (40) (w.e.f. 26-5-2017).
Section 2A Railway Board.
No text is published for this section.
Section 2B Mode of signifying communications from Board.
No text is published for this section.
Section 3 Zonal Railways.
(1) The Central Government may, for the purpose of the efficient administration of the Government railways, by notification constitute such railways into as many Zonal Railways as it may deem fit and specify in such notification the names and headquarters of such Zonal Railways and the areas in respect of which they shall exercise jurisdiction.
(2) The Zonal Railway existing immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be Zonal Railways constituted under sub-section (1).
(3) The Central Government may, by notification, declare any unit of the railways engaged in research, development, designing, construction or production of rolling stock, its parts or other equipment used on a railway, to be a Zonal Railway.
(4) The Central Government may, by notification, abolish any Zonal Railway or constitute any new Zonal Railway out of any existing Zonal Railway or Zonal Railways, change the name or headquarters of any Zonal Railway or determine the areas in respect of which a Zonal Railway shall exercise jurisdiction.
(2) The Zonal Railway existing immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be Zonal Railways constituted under sub-section (1).
(3) The Central Government may, by notification, declare any unit of the railways engaged in research, development, designing, construction or production of rolling stock, its parts or other equipment used on a railway, to be a Zonal Railway.
(4) The Central Government may, by notification, abolish any Zonal Railway or constitute any new Zonal Railway out of any existing Zonal Railway or Zonal Railways, change the name or headquarters of any Zonal Railway or determine the areas in respect of which a Zonal Railway shall exercise jurisdiction.
Section 4 Appointment of General Manager.
(1) The Central Government shall, by notification, appoint a person to be the General Manager of a Zonal Railway.
(2) The general superintendence and control of a Zonal Railway shall vest in the General Manager.
(2) The general superintendence and control of a Zonal Railway shall vest in the General Manager.
Section 4A Establishment of Railway Land Development Authority.
1[4A. Establishment of Railway Land Development Authority.-- The Central Government may, by notification, establish an authority to be called the Rail Land Development Authority to exercise the powers and discharge the functions conferred on it by or under this Act.
1 Ins. by Act 47 of 2005, s. 3 (w.e.f. 30-8-2006).
Section 4B Composition of Authority.
1[4B. Composition of Authority.-- (1) The Authority shall consist of a Chairman, Vice-Chairman and not more than four other members.
(2) The Member Engineering, Railway Board shall be the Chairman, ex officio, of the Authority.
(3) The Vice-Chairman and three other members shall be appointed by the Central Government from amongst persons who are or have been working in the Civil Engineering, Finance and Traffic disciplines of any railway administration and having adequate experience in the relevant discipline as the Central Government may consider necessary.
(4) The Central Government shall also appoint a member who shall be a person from outside the railway administration and having adequate experience in such field as it may consider necessary.]
(2) The Member Engineering, Railway Board shall be the Chairman, ex officio, of the Authority.
(3) The Vice-Chairman and three other members shall be appointed by the Central Government from amongst persons who are or have been working in the Civil Engineering, Finance and Traffic disciplines of any railway administration and having adequate experience in the relevant discipline as the Central Government may consider necessary.
(4) The Central Government shall also appoint a member who shall be a person from outside the railway administration and having adequate experience in such field as it may consider necessary.]
1. Ins. by Act 47 of 2005, s. 3 (w.e.f. 30-8-2006).
Section 4C Terms and conditions of appointment of Vice-Chairman and other Members.
1[4C. Terms and conditions of appointment of Vice-Chairman and other Members.-- The terms and conditions of appointment of the Vice-Chairman and the other Members of the Authority, other than the Chairman, and the manner of filling casual vacancies among them shall be such as may be prescribed.]
1. Ins. by Act 47 of 2005, s. 3 (w.e.f. 30-8-2006).
Section 4D Functions of Authority.
1[4D. Functions of Authority.-- (1) The Authority shall discharge such functions and exercise such powers of the Central Government in relation to the development of railway land and as are specifically assigned to it by the Central Government.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, the Central Government may assign to the Authority all or any of the following functions, namely:--
(i) to prepare scheme or schemes for use of railway land in conformity with the provisions of this Act;
(ii) to develop railway land for commercial use as may be entrusted by the Central Government for the purpose of generating revenue by non-tariff measures;
(iii) to develop and provide consultancy, construction or management services and undertake operation in India in relation to the development of land and property;
(iv) to carry out any other work or function as may be entrusted to it by the Central Government, by order in writing.]
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, the Central Government may assign to the Authority all or any of the following functions, namely:--
(i) to prepare scheme or schemes for use of railway land in conformity with the provisions of this Act;
(ii) to develop railway land for commercial use as may be entrusted by the Central Government for the purpose of generating revenue by non-tariff measures;
(iii) to develop and provide consultancy, construction or management services and undertake operation in India in relation to the development of land and property;
(iv) to carry out any other work or function as may be entrusted to it by the Central Government, by order in writing.]
1. Ins. by Act 47 of 2005, s. 3 (w.e.f. 30-8-2006).
Section 4E Powers of Authority to enter into agreements and execute contracts.
1[4E. Powers of Authority to enter into agreements and execute contracts.-- Subject to such directions as may be given to it by the Central Government, the Authority shall be empowered to enter into agreements on behalf of the Central Government and execute contracts.]
1. Ins. by Act 47 of 2005, s. 3 (w.e.f. 30-8-2006).
Section 4F Procedure of transaction of business of Authority.
1[4F. Procedure of transaction of business of Authority.-- The Authority shall have power to regulate, by means of regulations made by it, its own procedure (including quorum at its meetings) and the conduct of all business to be transacted by it, the constitution of Committees and Sub-Committees of Members and the delegation to them any of the powers (excluding the power to make regulations under this Chapter) and to perform duties of the Authority.]
1. Ins. by Act 47 of 2005, s. 3 (w.e.f. 30-8-2006).
Section 4G Appointment of officers and other employees of Authority.
1[4G. Appointment of officers and other employees of Authority-- (1) For the purpose of enabling it efficiently to discharge its functions under this Act, the Central Government shall provide the Authority with such officers and other employees, and the Authority shall, subject to the rules as may be made by the Central Government in this behalf, appoint, whether on deputation or otherwise, such number of officers and other employees as it may deem necessary.
(2) The salaries and allowances payable to, and the other terms and conditions of service of, the officers and other employees appointed for the purpose of the Authority, shall be such as may be prescribed.]
(2) The salaries and allowances payable to, and the other terms and conditions of service of, the officers and other employees appointed for the purpose of the Authority, shall be such as may be prescribed.]
1. Ins. by Act 47 of 2005, s. 3 (w.e.f. 30-8-2006).
Section 4H Salaries, allowances, etc., to be defrayed out of Consolidated Fund of India.
1[4H. Salaries, allowances, etc., to be defrayed out of Consolidated Fund of India.--The salaries and allowances payable to the Vice-Chairman and other Members of the Authority and the administrative expenses including the salaries, allowances and pensions payable to the officers and other employees of the Authority shall be defrayed out of the Consolidated Fund of India.]
1. Ins. by Act 47 of 2005, s. 3 (w.e.f. 30-8-2006).
Section 4-I Power of Authority to make regulations.
1[4-I. Power of Authority to make regulations.-- (1) The Authority may, with the previous approval of the Central Government, make regulations, consistent with this Act and the rules made thereunder, for carrying out the provisions of this Chapter.
(2) Every regulation made by the Authority under this Chapter shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the regulation or both Houses agree that the regulation should not be made, the regulation shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that regulation.]
(2) Every regulation made by the Authority under this Chapter shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the regulation or both Houses agree that the regulation should not be made, the regulation shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that regulation.]
1. Ins. by Act 47 of 2005, s. 3 (w.e.f. 30-8-2006).
Section 5 Appointment of Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety and Commissioners of Railway Safety.
The Central Government may appoint a person to be the Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety and such other person as it may consider necessary to be the Commissioners of Railway Safety.
Section 6 Duties of Commissioner.
The Commissioner shall--
(a) inspect any railway with a view to determine whether it is fit to be opened for the public carriage of passengers and report thereon to the Central Government as required by or under this Act;
(b) make such periodical or other inspections of any railway or of any rolling stock used thereon as the Central Government may direct;
(c) make an inquiry under this Act into the cause of any accident on a railway; and
(d) discharge such other duties as are conferred on him by or under this Act.
(a) inspect any railway with a view to determine whether it is fit to be opened for the public carriage of passengers and report thereon to the Central Government as required by or under this Act;
(b) make such periodical or other inspections of any railway or of any rolling stock used thereon as the Central Government may direct;
(c) make an inquiry under this Act into the cause of any accident on a railway; and
(d) discharge such other duties as are conferred on him by or under this Act.
Section 7 Powers of Commissioner.
Subject to the control of the Central Government, the Commissioner, whenever it is necessary so to do for any of the purposes of this Act, may--
(a) enter upon and inspect any railway or any rolling stock used thereon;
(b) by order in writing addressed to a railway administration, require the attendance before him of any railway servant and to require answers or returns to such inquiries as he thinks fit to make from such railway servant or from the railway administration; and
(c) require the production of any book, document or material object belonging to or in the possession or control of any railway administration which appears to him to be necessary to inspect.
(a) enter upon and inspect any railway or any rolling stock used thereon;
(b) by order in writing addressed to a railway administration, require the attendance before him of any railway servant and to require answers or returns to such inquiries as he thinks fit to make from such railway servant or from the railway administration; and
(c) require the production of any book, document or material object belonging to or in the possession or control of any railway administration which appears to him to be necessary to inspect.
Section 8 Commissioner to be public servant.
The Commissioner shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
Section 9 Facilities to be afforded to Commissioners.
A railway administration shall afford to the Commissioner all reasonable facilities for the discharge of the duties or for the exercise of the powers imposed or conferred on him by or under this Act.