 the railway passenger fares (amendment) bill,i¢o(as in1'roducbd in lok sabra on 22no novbmbbr, 1960)  the railway passenger fares (amendment) bill, 1960 (as introduced in lok sabha) a billto amend the railway passenger fares act, 1957 be it enacted by parliament in the eleventh ye8lr of the republic of india as follows: -i , 1 (1) this act may be called the railway passenger fares short title (amendment) act, 1960 i and commmcemczat s (2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint 25 of j957 2 in the railway passenger fares act, 1957, for the schedule, the subatitutiou following schedule shall be, sujstituted, namely:-~  "the schedule (see section 3)10 2 rate of tax 1 description of traffic nil i is nil  1 passengers travelling by railway on season tickets 2 passengers travelling by railway for distances up to 25 kilometres (inclusive)  3 passengers travelling by railway for distances from 26 kilome,tres to 49 kilometres (inclusive) 5% of fare 20 i description of traffic 2 rate of tax 4 passengers travelling by railway for distances from 50 kilometres to 805 kilometres (inclusive) 15% of fare 5 10% of fare 5 passengers travelling by railway for distances over 805 kilometres 6 fusengets travelling on rail travel 12!% of the cost of coupons the coupons explanation-for the purposes of this schedule, distances shall be computed according to the rules for the time being in foli'ce relat- 10 ing there,to made under the indian railways act, 1890" ~ of 1890·  statement of objects and reasonsunder the standards of weights and measures act, 1956 (89 of 1956), the metric system of reckoning distances was adopted by the railway administrations with effect from the lst april, 1960 the present bill merely seeks to replace the schedule to the railway passenger fares act, 1957 (25 of 1957) so as to express the tax leviable under that act in terms of metric units instead of miles new delhi; morarji desai the 23rd october, 1960  annexure extracts from the railway passenger fares act 1957 (25 of 1957) - • - • •9 of 18900 - - 3 (1) subject to the provisions of this act, there shall be, levied ~ of and collected on fares paid by passengers carried by any railway in y;sc:n:, india, whether by itself or in conjunction with any other mode of ea transport or in conjunction with railways in any adjacent country, a tax at the tate specified in that behalf in the schedule (2) the tax levied under sub-section (1) shall be collected by the railway administration as an addition to the fares, and the railway administration shall have all the powers and remedies far the recovery thereof as though the same were a rate or fare which the railway administration is empowered to levy under the indian railways act, 1890 - - - the schedule (see section 3) i description of ttafjic 2 rate of tax nil nil 1 passengers travelling by railway on season tickets 2 passengers travelling by railway for distances up to 15 miles (inclusive)  3 passengers travelling by railway for distances from 16 miles to 30 miles (inclusive) 5% of fare 15% of fare 4 passengers travelling by railway for distances from 31 miles to 500 miles (inclusive) 5 passengers travelling by railway for distances over 500 miles 10% of fare 6 passengers travelling on mileage 12t% of the cost of coupons the coupons explanation-for the purposes of this schedule, distances shall be computed according to the rules for the time being in farce relat-9 of 1890 ing thereto made under the indian railways act, 1890 a blll to amend the railway passenger fares act, 1957 the president has, in pursuance of clause (i) of article 117 and clause (1) of article 274 of the olnstitution of india, recommended to lok sabha, the introduction of the bill m n kaul, s«:rettwy (shri morarji difqi, ministm' of finance 