Section 49:Exhibition of time table and fare table at stations.
Section 50: Issue of tickets on payment of fare.
Section 51: Ticket shall be issued subject to condition of availability of
accommodation in the train/class. If the passenger is compelled to travel in lower
class due to non-availability of accommodation, refund of differenceof fare
between two classes will be granted.
Section 52: If a ticket is presented for cancellation, Railway administration shall
cancel the ticket and grant refund as per rules.
Section 53: Transfer of tickets is not permitted. But authorised railway employee
may permit change of name on reserved tickets as per rules.
Section 54: Every passenger shall present / surrender his pass or ticket on
demand by authorised railway servant for examination during journey or at the
end of the journey.
Section 55/1: No person shall enter in any carriage of a Railway without proper
pass or ticket or permission from authorised railway servant.
Section 55/2: If a passenger is unable to purchase a ticket, he may be issued a
certificate to commence journey without ticket by authorised railway servant,
which is known as guard certificate, on condition that he subsequently pays the
fare when demanded.
Section 56: A person suffering from infectious disease is not permitted to enter
Railway premises or travel by Rail without permission of authorised railway
servant.
Section 57: Railway administration shall fix the maximum number of
passengers to be carried in each coach and exhibit the same inside or
outside the coach in Hindi, English, and regional languages.
Section 58: Railway administration shall earmark one compartment or adequate
no of berths in every train for exclusive use of females. Apart from this one
unreserved coach is also earmarked for ladies in passenger trains, in which only
lady passengers and children aged less than 12 years can travel with them.
Section 59: In every passenger train Railway Administration shall provide means
of communication between Railway employees and passengers – Alarm Chain.
If these means are being misused they may be disconnected by Railway
Administration.
Section 60: Railway Administration has been empowered by Central Government
to frame rules on various issues, - refund of fare on cancellation of tickets.
Section 67: No person can bring dangerous or offensive goods to railway
premises without permission. Advance intimation should be given to station
manager for booking of dangerous or offensive goods.
Section 137: Fraudulently travelling or attempting to travel without proper pass or
ticket – penalty upto Rs.1000/- or imprisonment upto 6 months or both, minimum
penalty shall be Rs. 500/-.
Section 138: If a passenger is detected travelling without ticket, then excess fare
along with excess charge will be collected upto the point of detection. If
detected travelling in higher class on a lower class ticket or detected travelling
beyond authorised distance, difference between payable and paid fare along with
excess charges will be collected upto the point of detention. In case of nonpayment
- imprisonment upto one month (minimum 10 days).
Section 139: Any person failing or refusing to pay the fare and excess charge
referred to in section 138, may be removed at any station by any authorised
railway servant. However a woman or child if unaccompanied by a male
passenger shall not be so removed except either at the station, from where
he/she commences his/her journey or at a junction or a terminal station or at
the headquarters of a civil district and such removed shall be made only during
the day.
Section 141: Misuse of Alarm Chain - punishable with imprisonment upto one
year, or with fine upto Rs.1000/-. Punishment shall not be less than fine of
Rs.500 /- in case of conviction for first offence, and imprisonment for three
months in case of conviction for second and subsequent offence.
Section 142/1- If any person sells or attempts to sell any reserved ticket or
season ticket to any other passenger, he shall be punishable with imprisonment
upto 3 months or with fine upto to Rs. 500/- or both, and forfeiture of the ticket.
Section 142/2- If any person is found purchasing any ticket in the above
manner, he shall be punishable with imprisonment upto 3 months or fine upto
Rs. 500/- or both. The ticket shall be forfeited and he shall be deemed to be
travelling without ticket.
Section 143 - If any person carries on the business of procuring and supplying
ticket, he shall be punishable with imprisonment upto 3 years or with fine upto
Rs.10,000/- or both and tickets will be forfeited.
Section 144 – If any unauthorised person is found hawking or any person is
found begging, he shall be punishable with imprisonment upto 1 year or with
fine upto Rs.2000/- or both.
Section 145 - If any person is found in railway premises in a state of
intoxication, or commits any act of indecency (nuisance), or uses abusive
language, or interferes with any amenity provided by railway, he shall be
punishable with imprisonment upto 6 months or fine upto Rs.500 /- or both.
Section 145B: If a person is found littering in railway premises, he may be
penalized with an amount not exceeding Rs.500/-.
Section 146 – If any person obstructs any railway servant in the discharge of his
duties, he shall be punishable with imprisonment upto 6 months or fine upto
Rs.1000 /- or both.
Section 147 - If any person enters railway premises without lawful authority, he
shall be punishable with imprisonment upto 6 months or fine upto Rs.1000 /- or
both.
Section 155 (1) – If any unreserved ticket holder passenger enters a reserved
compartment or unauthorised occupies berth of any other passenger, he shall be
punishable with fine upto Rs.500 /- and he will be removed from there.
Section 155 (2): If any passenger resists the lawful entry of other passengers
into an unreserved compartment, he shall be punishable with fine upto Rs.200.
Section 156 : If any passengers / person is found travelling on roof, steps or on
an engine even after being warned by a Railway servant, he shall be punishable
with imprisonment upto 3 months or fine upto Rs.500 /- or both
Section 157: If any passenger wilfully alters or defaces his pass or ticket, he
shall be punishable with imprisonment upto 3 months or fine upto Rs. 500 /- or
both.
Section 162:If any male passenger is detected travelling in coaches reserved
exclusively for ladies, he shall be punishable with fine upto Rs. 500 /-, forfeiture
of ticket and will be removed from there.
Section 164:If any person takes with him dangerous or explosive goods into rail
premises without prior permission, he shall be punishable with imprisonment upto
3 years or fine upto Rs.1000/- or both.
Section 166 : If any person damages or tears boards, posters or documents
affixed on stations / rolling stock or obliterates any letters or figures written on
them, he shall be punishable with imprisonment upto 01 month or fine upto Rs.
500 /- or both.
Section 167:Smoking is prohibited in Railway premises / Railway coaches, if any
person is found smoking, he shall bepunishable with fine upto Rs.200/-.
Section172:If any Railway servant is found in a state of intoxication while on
duty,he shall bepunishable with fine upto Rs.500/-, if such state of intoxication of
employee is likely to endanger safety of passengers, then he shall be punishable
with imprisonment upto 01 year or fine or both.
Section 175:If any Railway servant, when on duty, endangers the safety of any
person, he shall be punishable with imprisonment upto 02 years or fine upto
Rs.1000/- or both.
Section 179:If any person commits any non-cognizable offence mentioned under
section 137 to 139, 141 to 147, 155 to 157, 162, 164, 166, 167, 172 and 175
may be arrested without warrant, but should be produced before Magistrate
within 24 hours.
Section 180 : If any person commits any cognizable offence under sections
other than mentioned under section 179 or is liable to pay any excess charge or
other sum demanded under section 138, fails or refuses to give his name and
address or is likely to abscond, may be arrested without warrant, but should be
produced before Magistrate within 24 hours.
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