 the indian railways (amendment) bill, i¢>i(as introduced in lok sabha on 2nd may 1961)  coluugenda to the indian railways (amendmin'l') blli 1881 (to be i as ifltf'oduced in lot slibha)1 page 1, in the marginal heading to clause 1,-for "shert it1e" read "short tise" 2 page 4, line 6-for "xecute" read "execute" 3 page 4, line 3~­far "," read ":" 4 page 5, line 5,-far "speical" read "speclal~' 5 paee 5, in the marginal heading to section 74(1),-(i) for <t f" read "0£"; (li) for "f r" read "far' 6 page 5, in the marginal heading to aecttcm 'l&r-(i) for "respodsib lity" read "responslbll1ty"; (li) for "administrati "read "administration" 7 page 5, in the marginal beading to section 75a,-(i) for "f" read "of"; (li) for "f r" read "for"; (ill) for 109 da" read "goods" 8 page 5, in the marginal beading to section 78,-(i) for "d y" read "delay"; (if) for "detenti n" read "detedtion" 9 page 8, in the marginal heading to section 7'1,-for "dministrati n" read "ac:tinin1atration" 10 page 8, line 13,-for "expir " read "expiry" 11 page 8, in the marginal beading to section 7a,-for "provisi n" read "provision" 12 page 9, line 39-for "declard" read "declared" 13 page 9, line 40,-fot "be" read "by" 1'- page 12, llne8 1 and 2,-few ilcompensatotn'~ ,",ead "oompedl&tion" 15 page 13, in the marglli8i heeding to c1auae 15,-,:\  10' "~ if ·had "ameddmant"~;' '  ~' -~'  16 page 13 in the margidal heading to clauae 16,-for "amendmen "read "amendment" 17 page 14 line 18,-for "pa!a" read "paid" 18 page 14, line 14,-add at the end-"" 19 page 30, line 3 from bottom,-for "indian" read "india"  20 c~ ~e numbers on pages 4, 7, 8 and 14 new dblhi; may 2, 1961 vaisakha 12,1883 (8iili)  ,  the indian railways (amendment) bill, 1961 (as introduced in lok sabha) a billfurther to amend the indian railways act, 1890 b!: it enacted by parliament in the twelfth year of the republic at india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the indian railways (amendment) shm tit1e act, 1961 and 0"gl-idcdcllldcdt s (2) it aball come into force on such date as the central government may, by notiftcation in the ofbcial gazette, appoint 9 of 1890 2 in section 3 of the indian railways act, 1890 (hereinafter ameddmaat refel'md to as the principal act), clauses (14) and (17) shall be ohectioa , omitted 10 3 in section 27 of the principal act,-ameaddjall oflectiaa (a) in liu~tion (3), for the words "one mile", the words a1 "one kilometre" shall be substituted; (b) in the proviso to sub-section (4) ,-!s (i) in clause (0), for the words ''per maund", the words, brackets and figures ''per quintal (100 kilograms)" ihall be substituted; (ii) in clause (h), the word ''mileap'' occurring in two places shall be omitted  -  4 in section 47 of the principal act,-47· (a) in sub~ection (1), for the words "every railway company and in the case of a railway administered by the government, an officer to be appointed by the central government in this behalf", the following shall be substituted, namely: -5 "the central government or in the case of a railway administered by a railway company, the railway company"; (b) in clause (1) of the same sub-section, for the words "warehouse or retain goods", the words "warehouse goods or retain goods or animals" shall be substituted; 10 (c) for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-" (3) a rule made under this section, whether by the central government or a railway company, shall not take effect until it is published in the official gazette, and in 15 the case of a rule made by a railway company, unless before such publication it has also received the sanction of the central government" ameddmedt 5 in section 55 of the principal act, the word "terminal" of 1ccti0d 55 wherever it occurs, shall be omitted 20 6 after section 56 of the principal act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-insertiod of dcwaection s6a disposal of poriabable aoods in certain dr-cqiditad<:ci "56a (1) where by reason of any 1iood, land-slip, breach of any line of rails, collision between trains, derailment of or other accident to a train or any other cause, traffic on any route 25 is interrupted and there is no likelihood of early resumption of  such traffic, nor is there any other reasonable route whereby traffic of perishable goods may be diverted to prevent loss or deterioration of, or damage to, such goods, the railway administration may, after obtaining wherever practicable instructions 30 from the person appearing to the railway administration to be entitled to the goods, sell them by public auction (2) out of the proceeds of the sale, the railway administration may retain a sum equal to the charge due in respect of the goods and the expenses of and incidental to the sale rendering 35 the surplus, if any, of the proceeds to the person entitled thereto (3) the provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to the claim or right which the person entitled to the joods may have against the railway administration under any other enactment for the time being in force" - 7 in section 61 of the principal act, in sulhlection (1), item (b) amca~t shall be omitted ~~sectiod~ 8 in section 63 of the principal act, for the words "in english or ~t in one or more of the vernacular languages in common use in the ~~od 5 territory traversed by the railway, or both in english and in one or more of such vernacular languages, as the central government, after consultation with the railway administration, may detennine", the words "in hindi and in english and also, if considered necessary by the railway administration, in one or more of the regional [0 languages in common use in the temtory traversed by the railway" shall be substituted 9 in section 64 of the principal act, in sub-section (2), for the amendmedt words "fifty miles", the words "eighty kilometres" shan be substi- of section ted 4 tu 15 10 in section 65 of the principal act, for the words "in english amendmeat and in a vernacular language in common use in the temitory where ~fsection the station is situate", the words "in hindi and in english and also s in a regional language in common use in the territory where the station is situate, if hindi is not in common use therein" shall be 20 substituted 11 in section 66 of the principal act, in sub-section (2) ,-amendment (a) in clause (a), for the words "in a vernacular language ~~scc:tion in common use in the territory traversed by the railway", the words "in hindi and in a regional language in common use 15 in the territory traversed by the railway, if hindi is not in common use therein" shall be substituted; and (b) in clause (b), for'the words "in english", the words "in hindi and in english" shall be substituted 12 in section 71b of the principal act, the words and figures amendmedt 30 "the indian merchant shipping act, 1923, or" shall be omitted and ~~od after the words and figures "the mines act, 1952", the words and figures "or the merchant shipping act, 1958" shall be inserted 13 for sections 72, 72a, 73, 74, 74a, 74b, 74c, 740, 74e, 75, 76, subaritution 77 and 78 of the principal act, the following sections shall be sub9ti- of n~w ii scctlodi or ~5 tuted, namely:-section 72 "72 any person delivering to a railway administration ~tion of any animals or goods to be carried by railway shall,-fo~  ~~m (a) if the anunals or goods are to be carried by a train respect of intended solely for the carriage of goods, or =:iet 40 (b) if the goods are to be carried by any other train on railwa, and consist of articles of any of the following categories, namely:-(i) articles carried at owner's risk rates, - (ii) articles of a perishable nature, (iii) articles mentioned in the second schedule, (iv) articles in a defective condition or defectively packed, (v) explosives and other dangerous goods, 5 uecute a note (in this act referred to as the forwarding note) in sucr form as may be prescribed by the railway administration and approved by the central government, in which the sender or his agent shall give such particulars in respect of the animals or goods so delivered as may be required 10 73 save as otherwise provided in this act, a railway administration shall be responsible for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery, in transit, of animals or goods delivered to the adnunistration to be carried by railway, arising from any cause except the following, namely:-15 general l'oipomibility of railway administration u carrier of anlmale and - sooda· (a) act of god; (b) act of war; (c) act of public enemies; (d) arrest, restraint or seizure under legal process; (e) orders or restrictions imposed by the central gov- 20 eroment or a state government or any officer or authority subordinate to the central government or a state government; (f) act or omission or negligence of the consignor or the consignee or the agent or servant of the consignor or 25 the consignee; : \ weight (g) natural deterioration or wastage in bulk or due to inherent defect, quality or vice of the goods; (h) latent defects; (i) fire, explosion or any unforeseen risk; 30 provided that even where such loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery is proved to have arisen from any one or more of the aforesaid causes, the railway administration shall not be relieved of its responsibility for the loss, destruc- - tion, damage, deterioration or non-delivery unless the administration further proves that it has used reasonable foresight and 3s care in the carriage of the bilimals or gcmnb 5 74 (1) when any animals or goods are tendered to - ran ~bi­way administration for carriage by railway and the railway :fi;y adadminjstration provides for the carriage of such animals or goods ~niltratmaliod  ,  ~('r &ill either at the ordinary tariff rate (m this act referred to as the or lu:d - railway risk rate) or in the alternative at a speical reduced rate carri~ ~ (in this act referred to as the owner's risk rate) the animals ::er or goods shall be deemed to have been tendered to be carried a~ owner's risk rate, unless the sender or his agent elects in writing to pay the railway risk rate 10 (2) where the sender or his agent elects in writing to pay the railway risk rate under sub~ection (1), the railway administration shall issue a certificate to the consignor to that effect 15 20 (3) when any animals or goods are deemed to have been tendered to be carried, or are carried, at the owner's risk rate, then, notwithstanding anything contained in section 73, the railway administration shall not be responsible for any loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery, in transit, of such animals or goods, from whatever cause arising, except upon proof that such loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery was due to negligence or misconduct on the part of the railway administration o!r of any of its servants 75 a railway administration shall not be responsible for relponeibithe loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery of ~ of d any luggage belonging to a passenger unless a railway servant miniw:~~i';d has booked the luggage and given a receipt therefor and in the f carrier of case of luggage which is carried by the passenger in his charge, ujpio· unless it is also proved that the loss, destruction, damage or deterioration was due to the negligence or misconduct on the part of the railway administration ql' of any of its servants 35 75a when any goods which, under ordinary circumstances, reeponlibiwould be carried in covered vehicles or vessels and would be litl ' f - liable to damage if carried otherwise, are, at the requ·est of the :::lra~~  sender or his agent recorded in the forwarding note, tendered f r if " t!' for carriage by railway in open vehicles or vessels, the railway ::ed ld administration shall not be responsible for any destruction, dete- yehic1el ;ioration or damage which may arise only by reason of the goods being so carried 40 76 a railway administration shall be responsible for loss, rnpoaeihj-destruction, damage ql' de'erioration of animals or goods proved :~d~c;r~d'7 by the owner to have been caused by delay or detention in in tradlit their carriage unless the railway administration proves that the - delay or detention arose without negligence or misconduct on the part of the railway administration or of any of its servants responsibility for deviation of route responsibility for wrong dolivery 76a where, due to a cause beyond the control of a railway administration or due to congestion in the yard or other operational reasons, animals or goods delivered to the railway admi- 5 nistration to be carried by railway are carried over a route other than the route by which they are booked or the usual or customary route, the rai1~y administration shall not be deemed to have committed a breach of the contract of carriage by reason only of the deviation of route 76b where a railway administration to which animals or goods are delivered to be carried by railway delivers them in good faith to a person who produces the original railway receipt, the railway administration shaunot be responsible on the ground that such person is not legally entitled thereto or that 15 the endorsement on the railway receipt is forged or otherwise defective rcipodaibi-iity for aoods to be cielivord at aidinl 76c in the case of goods to be delivered by a railway administration at a siding not belonging to the administration, the railway administration shall not be responsible for loss, des- 20 truction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery of such goods, from whatever cause arising, after the wagon containing the goods has been placed at the point of interchange of wagons between the railway administration and the owner of the siding and the owner of the siding has been informed in writing that 25 the wagon has been so placed responsibility of two or more  rauwayadminiltratiods for thr011lh trdic 76d where any animals or goods delivered to a railway administration to be carried by railway have been booked through over the railways of two or more railway administrations or over one or more railway administrations and one or more 30 transport systems not belonging to any railway administration, the person tendering the animals or goods to the railway administration shall be deemed to have contracted with each one of the railway administrations or the owners of the transport systems concerned, as the case may be, that the provisions of this chapter 3s shall apply, so far as may be, in relation to the carriage of such animals or goods in the same manner and to the same extent as they would have applied if the animals or goods had been carried by the railway of only one railway administration: provided that-(a) where there is a deviation in the route by which the animals or goods are to be carried, such deviation wiui fo 25 due to a cause beyond the control of the railway administration, or the owder of the transport system concerned, as the case may be, or to congestion in the yard or other operational reasons; (b) for the purpose of making the provisions of this chapter relating to the carriage of animals or goods at the owner's risk rate applicable, the benefit of the railway risk rate and the owner's risk rate was available in the alternative to the sender on each of the railway administrations or transport systems concerned at the time of the delivery of the animals or goods to the railway administration for the purpose of carriage 76e where in the course of carriage of animals or goods ~sponaib; from a place in india to a place outside india or from a place r!fiway~­outside india to a place in india or from one place outside india !ijini,!,!'ltionf - 1nca  0 to another place outside india or from one place in 1nd18 to ano- traflic ther place in india over any territory outside india, the animals :u~sov~~ or goods are carried over the railway of a railway administration, iddia idd the railway administration shall not be responsible under any of =r in the provisions of this chapter for loss, destruction, damage or coudtries deterioration of the animals or goods, from whatever cause arising, unless it is proved by the owner of the animals or goods that such loss, destruction, damage or deterioration arose on the railway of the railway administration 76f  notwithstanding anything contained in section 74,- ::= of 30 (a) where the whole of a consignment of goods, or the :m=~fct whole of any package forming part of a consignment, carried don-delivory at owner's risk rate is not delivered to the consignee and :- r~~~ such non-delivery is not proved by the railway administra- goode curie::' tion to have been due to fire or to any accident to the train, :1u raa:::er s or 3s (b) where, in respect of any consignment of goods or of any package which had been s0 covered or protected that the covering or protection was not readily removable by hand, it is pointed out to the railway administration on or before delivery that any part of such consignment or package had been pilfered in transit, 40 the railway administration shall be bound to disclose to the consignor how the consignment or the package was dealt with throughout the time it was in its possession or control, but if negligence or misconduct on the part of the railway administration or of any of its servants cannot be fairly inferred from such disclosure, the burden of proving such negligence or misconduct shad lie on the consignor  - 77 (1) a railway administration shall be responsible as a bailee under sections 151, 152 and 161 of the indian contract act, 1872, for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or nondelivery of goods carried by railway within a period of thirty days after the termination of transit: responsibility of a railway admidiatratbo after termination of tho" 5 provided that where the goods are carried at owner's risk rate, the railway administration shall not be responsible for such loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery except on proof of negligence or misconduct on the part of the railway administration or of any of its servants 10 (2) the railway administration shall not be responsible in any case for the loss, destruction damage, deterioration or nondelivery of goods carried by railway, arising after the expir~ of the period of thirty ds'ys after the termination of transit (3) notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing 15 provisions of this section, a railway administration shall not be responsible for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or nondelivery of the goods mentioned in the second schedule, animals and explosives and other dangerous goods carried by railway, after the termination of transit (4) nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section shall relieve the owner of animals or goods from liability to any demurrage or wharfage for so long as the animals or goods are not unloaded from the railway wagons or removed from the railway premises 25 (5) for the purposes of this chapter,-(4) unless otherwise previously determined, transit terminates on the expiry of the free time allowed (after the arrival of animals or goods at destination) for their unloading from railway wagons without payment of demu1'll'age, 30 and where such unloading haa been completed within the free time so allowed, transit terminates on the expiry of the free time allowed for the removal of the animals or goods from railway premises without payment of wharfage; (b) 'demurrage' and 'wharfage' have the meanings 35 respectively assigned to them in clause (d) and clause (h) of section 46c 77a (1) notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this chapter, the responsibility of a railway administration for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or 40 - non-<ielivery of any animal delivered to the administration to be carried by railway shall not exceed the amount respectively specified in column two against the item relating to the animal funhc:r provision with respect to the relponaibility of a railwayadministration  a camer of animab 5 iv in column one of the firs~ schedule, unless the person delivering the animal to the railway admini!ji:ration declares in writing a higher value in the forwarding note and has paid or elliaged to pay to the railway administration a percentage specified by it upon the excess of the value so declared over the respective sums mentioned in column two of the said schedule (2) where such higher value has been declared, the, railway administration may charge, in respect of the increased risk, a percentage upon the excess of the value so declared over the respective sums aforesaid (3) nothing contained in this section shall render the railway administration liable for any loss destruction or damage arising from fright or restiveness of the animal or from overloading of wagon by the consignor or his agent is 20 25 770 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in the prov! p~~ sions of this chapter, when any articles mentioned in the second =~ec:t schedule are contained in any parcel or package delivered to a to ~;i- f railway administration to be carried by railway and tl1e value ~waytjd of such articles in the parcel or package exceeds five 11iddred min;= rupees, the railway administration shall not be responsibie' ·for ~ :mcln of the loss, destruction, damage or deterioration of the parcel ' or iijcial package unless the person sending or' delvering the va ue, parcel or package to the administration caused its value and contts to be declared in writing or declared them' bi writing at the time of the delivery of the parcel or the p8~ge for, carriage by railway, and if so required by the administration, paid or engaged to pay in writing a percentage' oil the value so declared by way of compensation for the increased risk (2) when any parcel or package of which the value has been decl,ared und~ sub-section (1) has been lost, dtroyed, or damaged or has deteriorated, the compensation reeoverable in· respect of such loss, destruction, damage or deterioration shan not exceed the value so declared 35 (3) a railway administration may make it a condition of carrying a parcel or package declared to contain any article mentioned in the second schedule that a railway servant authorised in this behalf has been satisfied by ex8ldidation or otherwne that the parcel or package actually cobtaids the artkle 'declard to be therein (4) the central government may, be notification in the olal gazette, direct that any article mentiobed in· the second schedule may, without beidg coatained in any pare  ' lj8ckage, he delivered to a railway administration to be carried by railway and upon the issue of such notification, the provisions of this section shall apply in relation to such article as they apply in relation to any article mentioned in the second schedule and contained in any parcel or package 5 77c (1) when any goods tendered to a railway administration to be carried by railway-(a) are in a defective condition as a consequence of which they are liable to damage, deterioration, leakage or wastage, or 10 (b) are either defectively packed or packed in a manner not in accordance with the general or special order, if any, issued under sub-sectien (4), and as a result of such defective or improper packing are liable to damage, deterioration, leakage or wastage, j 5 and the fact of such condition or defective or improper packing has been recorded by the sender or his agent in the forwarding note, then, notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of tois chapter, the railway administration shall not be responsible for any damage, deterioration, leakage or 20 wastage, or for the condition in which such goods are available for delivery at destination, except upon proof of negligence or misconduct on the part of the railway administration or of any of its servants " • ", :;,~,": ':' , (2) when any goods delivered to a railway administration 25 to be carried by railway are found on arrival at destination to have been damaged or to have suffered deterioration leakage or wastage, then, notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this chapter, the :railway administration shall not be responsible for the damage, deterioration, leakage 30 or wastage of the goods on proof by the railway administration--(a) that the goods were, at the time of delivery to the railway administration, in a defective condition or were at that time either defectively packed or packed in a manner not in accordance with the general or special order, if any, 35 issued under sub-section (4) and as a consequence of such defective condition or defective or improper packing were liable to damage, deterioration, leakage or wastage, and (b) that such defective condition or defective or improper packing was not brought to the notice of the railway 40 administration or of any of its servants at the time of delivery of the goods to the railway administration for carriage by railway: provided that the railway administration shall be responsible for any such damage, deterioration, leakage or wastage if negli-s gence or misconduct on the part of the railway administration or of any of its servants is proved (3) a railway administration shal~ not be responsible under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) for any damage, deterioration, leakage or wastage occurring after the expiry of the period of 10 thirty days after the termination of transit as defined in subsection (5) of section 77 (4) the central government may, by general or special order, prescribe the manner in which goods delivered to a railway administration to be carried by railway shall be packed 15 78 notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing ~zoneradoa provisions of this chapter, a railway administration shall not be ~~ in responsibleccrbiid c:uea (a) for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery of any goods with respect to the description of 20 which an account materially false has been delivered under sub-seciion (1) of section 58 if the loss, destruction, damage,  deterioration or non-delivery is, in any way, brought about by the false account nor in any case for an amount exceed-ing the value of the goods if such value were calculated in 2s accordance with the description contained in the false account; or (b) for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery of animals or goods in cases where there has been fraud practised by the consignor or the consignee or an 30 agent of the consignor or the consignee; or (e) for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery of animals or goods proved by the railway administration to have been caused -by or to have arisen from-35 (i) improper loading or unloading by the consignor or the consignee or by an agent of the consignor or the consignee, or 40 (ii) riot civil commotion strike, lock-out, stoppage or restraint of labour from what~ver cause, whether partial or general; or (d) for any indirect or consequential damages or for loss of particular market  - 78a in any suit against a railway administration for compensatoin for any delay, loss, destruction, damage, deterioration, or don-delivery, the burden of proving-burdell of proof in auita for compensation (a) in the case of animals, the value thereof, or the higher value declared under section 77a, and where the s animal has been injured, the extent of the injury, or (b) in the case of any parcel or package, the value of which has been declared under section 77b or any article mentioned in the second schedule not contained in any parcel or package, the value of which has been declared 10 under that section, that the value so declared is its true value,  shall lie on the person claiming the compensation, but, subject to the other provisions contained in this act, it shall not be neceseary for him to prove how the delay, loss, destruction, is damage, deterioration or non-delivery was caused notification of claims to nfunda of o"vercbarpa add to com-j)edlation for joiiei 78b a person shall not be entitled to a refund of an overcharge in respect of animals or goods carried· by railway or to compensation for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery of animals or goods delivered to be so carried 20 unless his claim to the refund or compensation has been preferred in writing by him or on his behalf-(a) to the railway administration to which the animals or goods were delivered to be carried by railw~y, or (b) to the railway administration on whose railway the 25 destination station lies, or the loss, destruction, damage or deterioration occurreci,  within six months from the date of the delivery of the animals 01' goods for carriage by railway," 1' foi' section 80 of the principal act, the following section 30 shall be substituted,namely:-substitution of new ioc-tiod for eectiou 80 suits for compeaudod "so a suit for compensation for loss of the life of, or personal injury to, a passenger or for loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery of animals or goods may be instituted,-35 (a) if the passenger was, or the animals or goods were booked from one station to another on the railway of the same railway administration, against - that railway administration;     5 (b) if the passenger was, or the animals or goods were, booked through over the railway of two or more railway administrations, against the railway administration from which the paisenger obtained his pass or pui"chased· his ticket or to which the animals or goods were delivered for carriage, as the case may be, 'or against the railway adtnililsttation on whose railwiay the destination station lies, or the loss, injury, destruction, damage or deterioration occurred; 10 and, in either ,case, the suit may be instituted in a court having jurisdiction over the place at which the passenger obtained his pees' or purchased his ticket or the animals or goods were delivered for carriage, as the case may be, or over the place in which the destination station lies, or the loss, injury, destructiolj, damage or deterioration occuilted" 15 15 in section 82, of, the principal act, in sub-section (i) ,-amendment of icctiod 82 (i) for the words "enemies of government", "pubuc enemies" shall be substit11lted; the words 171111d 18 viet, c j 04 2s and 26 viet, c 63 20 (ii) for the words and figures "the merchant shipping act 185ol, 8ftd the merchant shipping act amendment ad, 18m, if the ship were registered under the former of those aets" the words and figures "the merchant shipping act, 1958, jf the ship were registered under that act" shan be substituted 16 in section 82j of the principal act, for sub--section (3), the afdlclll~':"1 , " 0 actu&d'· following sub-section shall be substituted, namely: -8:j, 25 "(3) every rule made under this spctlon shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before each house of parliainent while jt is in session for a total period of thirty days wh1ch may be comprised' in one session or in two successive sess'ions, and if before the expiry of'the session in which it is so laid 'or the 30 session immediately following, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both hous'?s agree that the rule should nl)t be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case m1'lv be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be with-3s out prejudice to· the validity of anything previously done under that rule" n in section 106 of the principal act, for the words "fifty rupees amof cn~ent - ,1cct1on for every maund or part of a maund", the words clone hundred and 106 fifty rupees for eve'ry quintal or part of a quintal" shall be substi-40 tuted amendment of section 113· 18 in section 113 of the principal act, in sub-section (3), for the words "eight annas", the words "fifty naye paise", and for the words "nearest anna, or two annas", the words "ne3rest multiple of five naye paise, or fifteen naye paise" shall be substituted 19 for section 115 of the principal act, the following section s shall be substituted, namely:-substitution or new section filr section lis bzceu charge and single fare collected to be pajd to raifwayadministration "115 out of any amount recovered under section 112, the excess charge and single fare referred to in that section shall be paid to the railway administration before any portion of that amount is credited as fine to the government; and that portion 10 of any fine imposed under section 114 which represents the single fare therein mentioned shall, as the fine is recovered, be paici to the railway administrartion before any portion of the fine is credited to the government" amendment of section 130 20 in sub-section (1) of section 130 of the principal act, for the is words and figures "he shall be deemed, notwithstanding anything in section 82 or section 83 of the indian penal code, to have committed an offence, and the court convicting him may, if it thinks fit, direct that the minor, if a mal~, shall be punished with whipping, or may require", the words "the court convicting him may require" shall 20 be substituted ~~:r:e~~f 21 after section 138 of the principal act, the following section 139 shall be inserted, namely:-proof of entries in record and documents "139 "entries in the records or other documents of a railway administration shall be admitted in evidence in all proceedings 2s by or against the railway administration, and all such entries may be proved either by the production of the records or other documents of the railway administration containing such entries or by the producti9n of a copy of the entries certified by the oftlcer· having custody of the records or other documents under 30 his signature and stating that it is a true copy of the original entries and that such original entries are contained in the records or other documents of the railway administration in his possession" 22 in section 140 of the principal aot,-3s amendment of aection 14°· (a) for· the words "the manager" wherever they occur, the words "the manager or the chief commercial superintendent" shall be substituted; (b) for the words and figures "under part iii of the indian  post oftlce act, 1866", the words and figures "under the indian 40 post office act, 1898" shall be substituted    ii in section 141 of the principal act, for the words and figures amendment "under part in of the indian post office act, 1866", the words and of section figures "under the indian post office act, 1898" shall be substituted 141 m after section 147 of the principal act, the following section insertion of newaectloli s shall be inserted, namely: -i 47a "147a the central government may, by notification in the powe~tu official gazette, add any articl: to, or omit any article from, the s::c!d second schedule, and on the publication of such notification, scbedule such article shall be deemed to be included in or, as the case 10 may be, omitted from the said second schedule" 25 in the first schedule to the principal act, for the brackets, amendment words and figures "[see section 73]", the brackets, words, figures and s~~ui:'ll'it letter "[see section 77a]" shall be substituted is 28 in the second schedule to th~ principal act,-amendmcnt of the (a) for the brackets, words and figures "[see section 75]", second the brackets, words, figures and letter ',[see section 77b]" shall schedule be substituted; (b) item (8) shall be omitted  statement of oajects and reasonsthe railway freight strllcture et:lqwry cpmmit~ (1956-57) had recommended that the responsibility of th:e railway~ in lndia as carriers of animals and goods, which is at present that of a bailee, should be ~hanged to that of a common carrier tper~ is also a public demand for such a change after a careful and d~tailed examination of the question, the government have decided to accept the committee's recommendation the government have also decided: (a) that in respect of articlrs which are not removed from railway premises at destination within the free time allowed therefor, the railways should assume responsibility of a bailee for a period of 30 days thereafter; and (b) that parcels or packages cont~ing artiql~ of special value be carried at r~ilway risk without payment o~ any additi(l~l ch~rge wpetl the v~lue of such articles in a parcel or a package does not exceed rs 500/- instead of rs 300/- as at present opportunity has been taken to amend the indian railways act in certain other respects also, viz:-(a) the bill seeks to make it clear that in the case of through booking of consignments over an indian railway and a foreign railway, the responsibility of the indian railway as a common carrier would extend only over that portion of the carriage which is over the indian railway; (b) amendments have been proposed in the bill in connection with the adoption of the metric system of weights and measures by the railways; and (c) other amendments included in the bill are intended to rectify certain defects or ambiguities in the existing provisions of the act which were revealed by experience in its working new delhi; 3agjivan ram the 27th april, 1961 under new section 73 proposed to be inserted by clause 13 of the ~ill, the basic responsibility of railways, which is at present that of 'a bailee, is proposed to be changed to that of a common carrier, ie the railways will be undertaking greater responsibilities and will be liable for loss of or injury to consignments in all cases arising when they are in the course of transit unless such loss or injury is caused by an act of god or other excepted perils specified in that section it is also proposed:-(a) under new section 77 (1), proposed to be inserted by clause 13 of the bill, that a railway administration shall be responsible as a bailee in respect of loss or injury to goods which are not removed from railway premises at destination within the free time allowed therefor, for a period of thirty days thereafter (b) under new section 77b, proposed to be inserted by clause 13 of the bill, that parcels or packages containing articles of special value be carried at railway risk without payment of any additional charge when the value of such article in a parcel or package does not exceed rs 500/- instead of rs 3001- as at present the provisions referred to above would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that the additional expenditure which the railways may have to incur may amount approximately to rupees two crores per annum extracts from the indian railways act, 1890 (no9 of 1890) - - - 3 dejlditions-in this act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context,-- - - - - (14) "tenninals" includes charges in respect of stations, atdlngl, wharves, depots, wm'ehouses, cranes and other atmuar matters, and of any services rendered thereat; - - - - - (17) "maund" means a weight of three thousand two hundred tolas, each tola being a weight of one hundred and eighty grains troy; and i - - - - - z7 duty of rahway administrations to arrange fol' reeeivm and forwardln, trame without unreasonable delay and without partiallty- - - - - - (3) a railway administration having or working railways w,hich fonn part of a continuous line of railway communication, or having ita terminus or station within one mile of the terminus or station of another railway administration, shall afford all due and reasonable facilities for receiving and forwarding by one of such railways all thetriftlc arriving by the other at such terminus or station, without any unreasonable delay, and without any such preference or advantage or prejudice or disadvantage as is referred to in section 28, and so that no obstruction may be offered to the public desirous of using such railways as a codltinuous line of communication, and so that all reasonable accommodation may by means of such railways be at all times afforded to the public in that behalf (4) 'nle facilfties to be afforded ~~der this section shall include the due and reasonable receiving, forwarding and delivering by every railway administration at the request of any other railway administration, of through traffic to and from the railway of any other railway administration at through rates: provided as follows:-(a) the railway administration requiring the trafftc to be forwarded shall give written notice of the proposed through rate to each forwarding railway administration, statin both ita amount and its apportionment and the route by which the·traftle is proposed to be forwarded the proposed through rate for animals or goods may be per truck or per maund; - - - - - (h) the central government shall not in any case compel any railway administration to accept lower mileaae rates than the mileage rates which the administration may for the time being legally be charging for like traftlc carried by a like mode of transit on any other line of communication between the same points, being the points of departure and arrival of the through - nn~j                ,                              i      -             -                     -                             -  chapter vi working of railways general47 general rules-(1) every railway company and in the case of a l'ailway administered by the government, an officer to be appointed by the central government in this behalf shall make general rules consistent with this act for the following purposes, namely:-- - - - - - (f) for regulating the terms and conditions on which the railway administration will warehouse or retain goods at any station on behalf of the consignee or owner; and, - - - (3) a rule made under this section shall not take effeat until it baa received the sanction of the central government and been published in the oftlcial gazette: - - - - - - 55 lien for rates, terminals ud other da~i  -(l) if a peraoa fails to pay on demand made by or on behalf of a railway admini&-tration any rate, tenninal or other charge due from him in respect of any animals or goods, the railway administration may detain the whole or any of the animals or goods, or, if they have been removed from the railway any other animals or goods of such person thea being in or thereafter coming into its possession - (2) when any animals or goods have been detained under subseetion (1), the railway administration may sell by public auction, in the case of perishable goods at once, and in the crle of other goods - or of animals en the expiration of at least fifteen days' notice of the intended auction, published in one or more of the local newspapers or, where there are no such newspapers, in such manner as the central government may prescribe, sufficient of such animals or goods to produce a sum equal to the charge, and all expenses of such detention, notice and sale, including, in the case of animals, the ~es of the feeding, watering and tending thereof (3) out of the proceeds of the sale the railway administration may retain a sum equal to the charge and the expenses aforesaid, rendering the surplus, if any, of the proceeds, and such of the animals or goods (if any) as remain unsold, to the person entitled thereto (4) if a person on whom a demand for any rate, terminal or other charge due from him has been made fails to remove from the railway within a reasonable time any animals or goods which have been detained under sub-section (1), or any animals or goods which have remained unsold after a sale under sub-section (2) the railway administration may sell the whole of them and dispose of the  proceeds of the sale as nearly as may be under the provisions of sub-section (3) (5) notwithstanding anything in the foregoing sub-sections, the railway administration may recover by suit any such rate, termiral or other charge 88 aforesaid or balance thereof: - - - - 61 requisitions on railway administrations for details of gross charps-(l) where any charge is made by and paid to a railway administration in respect of the carriage of goods over its railway, the administration shall, on the application of the person by whom or on whose behalf the charge has been paid, render to the applicant an account showing how much of the charge comes under each of the following heads, namely:-(a) the carriage of the goods on the railway; (b) terminals; (e) demurrage; and (d) collection, delivery and other expenses; but without particularising the several items of which tlae charsf! under each head consists - - - - - 63 maximum number of pals8dlers for each compartment-every railway administration shall fix, subject to the approval of the central government, the maximum number of passengers which &:nay be carried in each compartment of every description of carriaae, and shall exhibit the number so fixed in a conspicuous manner inside or outside each compartment, in english or in one or more of the vernacular languages in common use in the territory traversed by the railway, or both in english and in one or more of such vernacular languages, as the central government, after consultation with the railway administration, may determine 64 reservation of compartments for females-(i) - - - - - (2) one such compartment so reserved shall, if the train is to run for a distance exceeding fifty miles, be provided with a closet 65 exhibition of time-tables and tables of fares at stations-every railway administrauon shall cause to be posted in a conspicuous and accessible place at every station on its railway, in english and in a vemacular language in common use in the territory where the station is situate, a copy of the time-tables for the time being in force on the railway, an lists of the fares chargeable for travelling from the station where the lists are posted to every place for which card-tickets are ordinarily issued to passengers at that station 66 supply of tickets on payment of fares-(i) - - - - - (2) the matters required by sub-section (1) tel be specified on a ticket shall be set forth-(a) if the class of carriage to be specified thereon is the lowest class, then in a vernacular language in common use in the territory traversed by the railway; and (b) it the class of carriage to be so specified is any other than the lowest class, then in english  - - - - - 71b chapter via not to apply to certain railway servants-this chapter shall not apply to any railway servant to whom the indian merchant shipping act, 1923 (21 of 1923) or the factorietl act, 1948 (63 of 1948) or the mines act, 1952 (35 of 1952) applies - - - - -  chapter viiresponsibility o}l' kailway administrations as carriers 72 measure of the general responsibility of a railway admlnls tration as a carrier of animals and goods-(i) the responsibility of - a railway administration for the loss, destruction or deterioration of animals or goods delivered to the administration to be carried by railway shall, subject to the other provisions of this act, be that - bf a bailee under sections 151, 152 and 161 of the indian contl:act act, 1872 (9 of 1872) (3) nothing in the conunon law of england or in the carriers act, 1865 (3 of 1865), regarding the responsibility of common carriers with respect to the carriage of animals or goods, shall affect the responsibility as in this section defined of a railway administration 72a execution of forwarding notes in respect of animals or goods carried on a railway-any person delivering to the railway administration any animals or goods lobe carried on a railway shall,-(a) if the animals or goods are to be carried by a train intended solely for the carriage of goods, or (b) if the goods are to be carried by any other train and cod-sists of articles of any of the following categories, namely:-(i) articles carried at owner's risk rates; (ii) articles of a perishable nature; (ill) erticles mentioned in the second schedule; (iv) articles defectively packed or in a defective condi tion;  (v) explosives and other dangerous goods, execute a note (in this act referred to as the forwarding note) in such form as may be prescribed by the railway administration and  approved by the central government, in which the sender or his agent shall give such particulars in respect of the animals or goods so delivered as may be required 13 further provision with respect to tbe habiuty of a railway ad ministration a a carrier of animals-(1) the responsibility of a rail· way administmtion under section 72 for the loss, destruction or deterioration of any animal delivered to the administration for earriage by railway shall not exceed the amount rnpectively specified ill column two against the item relating to the animal in column one of the first schedule, unless the person de1iyering the animal to the railway administration declares in writing a higher value in the forwarding note and has paid or engaged to pay to the railway administration a percentage specified by it upon the excess of the wlue 80 declared over the respective sums mentioned in the second column of the said schedule (2) where such higher value has been declared, the rallway administration may charge, in respect of the incraued risk, a percentage upon the excess of the value 80 declared over the r",peetlve' iumi aforesaid (3) nothin contained in this section shall render the nillwq administration liable for any damage or loss arising from frigju or nativeness of the animal 74 fur1her proviioa with respect to the liability of a nilay administration as a carrier of lu,p,e-a railway administration hall not be responsible for the loss, destruction or deterioration of any luggage belonging to or in charge of a passenger unless a railway servant has booked and given a receipt therefor 7u liability of a railway administration for roods in delactlve euiadltiob or defeeti'vely packed-(l) when any goods tendered to a railway administration for carriage by raoi1way-(a) are in a defective condition as a consequence of which they are lia},le to deterioration, leakage, wastage or damage in transit, or (b) are either defectively packed or packed in a manner not iii ac~rdance with the general or special order, if any, issued under sub-section (2), and, as a result of such defective or improper packing:, are liable to leakage, wastage or damage in transit, and the fact of such condition or defective or improper packing has been recorded by the sender or his agent in the forwarding note, the railway administration shall not be responsible for any deterioration, leakage, wastage or damage or for the condition in which uch goods are available for ddivery at destination, except upon proof of negligence or misconduct on the pari; of the railway administration or of any of its servants (2) the central government may, by general or spec1el order, prescribe the manner in which goods tendf'red to a railway administration for carriage by railway shall be packed 74b liability of a railway administration for goods earried id oped velaicles'-when any goods which, under ordill1ry circumstances would be carried in covered vehicles or vl'ssels and would be liable to damage if carried otherwise, are, at the request of the sender or his agent recorded in the forwarding note, tendered for carriage by milway in open vehicles or vessels, the railway administration shan not be responsible for any destruction, deterioration or damage which may arise only by reason of the goods being so carried - 14c liability of a rahway administration for animals or gcnnis earried at owner's risk rate-(1) when any animals or goods are tendered to a railway administration for carriage by railway and the railway administration provides for the carriage !)f such animals - or 'goodj either at the ordinary tariff rate (in this act referred to as the railway risk rate) or in the altern,tive at a special redueed rate (in this act referred to as the owner's risk rate), the anlrttals or goods shall be deemed to have been tendered to be carried at owner's risk rate, unless the sender or his agent elects in writing to pay the railway risk rate   (2) where the sender or his agent elects in writing to pay the railway risk rate under sub-section (1), the railway administration shall issue a certificate to the consignor to that effect (3) when any animals or goods are carried or are deemed to be oarrieci at owner's risk rate, a railway administration shall not be responsible for any loss, destruction or deterioration of or damage to such goods from any cause whatsoever except upon proof that nch loss, destruction, deterioration or damage was due to negligence or misconduct on the part of the railway administration or of any of its servants 740 burden of proving misconduct where goods earned at owaer's risk rate are not delivered to the eondgnee or are pufered in transit-notwithstanding anything contained in section 74c,-(a) where the whole of a consignment of goods or the whole of any package fonning part of a consignment carried at owner's risk rate is not delivered to the consignee and such non-delivery is not proved by the railway administration to have been due to any accident to the train or to fire, or (b) where, in respect of any consignment of goods or of any package which had been so covered or protected that the covering or protection was not readily removable by hand, it is pointed out to the railway administrntion on or before delivery t11at any part of such consignment or package had been pilfered in transit, the railway administration shall be bound to disclose to the consignor how the consignment or packag~ was dealt with throughout the time it was in its possession or control, but if negligence or misconduct on the part of the railway administration or of any of its servants cannot l)e fairly inferred from such disclosure, the burden of proving such negligence or misconduct shan lie on the consignor 74e liability of two or more raway administrations for throua'h tramc-when any animals or goods tendered to a railway administration for carriage by railway have heen booked through over the railways of two or more railway administrations or over one cr mdpe milway administrations and one or more transport systems not belonging to any railway administration, the person tendering the animals or goods to the railway administration shall be deemed to have contrac~ed with each one of the railway administratio~ or the owners of the tnldsport systems concerned, as the case may be that the provisions of sections 73, 74a, 74c, 74d and 75 shall apply, so far as may be, in relation to the carriage of such animals or goods in the same manner and to the same extent as they would have applied if the animals or goods had been carried over only one rail  way administration: provided that-(i) where there is a deviation in the route by which the animals or goods are to be carried, such deviation was due to a cause over which the railway administration, or the owner of the transport system concerned, as the case may be, had no control; (ii) for the purpose of making the provisions of section 74c or section 74d applicable, the benefit of the railway risk rate and the owner's risk rate was available in the alternative to the sender on each of the raihwly administrations or transport systems concerned at the time of the tender 75 further provision with respect to the liability of a rahway administration as a carrier of articles of special value-(l) when any articles mentioned in the second schedule are contained in any parcel or package delivered to a railway administration for carriage by railway, and the value of such articles in the parcel or package exceeds three hundred rupees, the railway administration shall not be responsible for the loss, destructi·on or deterioration of the parcel or package unless the' person sending or delivering the parcel or package to the administration ceused its value and contents to be declared in writing or declared them in writing at the time of the delivery of the parcel or package for carriage by railway, and, if so required by the administration, paid or engaged to pay in writing a percentage on the'value so declared by way of compensation for increased risk (2) when any parcel or package of which the vqiue has been declared under sub-section (1) has been lost or destroyed or bas deteriorated, the compensation recoverable in respect of such loss, destruction or deterioration shall not exceed the value so declared (3) a railway administration may make it a condition of carrying a parcel declared to contain any article mentioned in the second schedule that a railway servant authorized in this behalf has been satisfied by examination or otherwise that the parcel actually contains the article declered to be therein  - "'0 ,bartl of proof in s~ts for compedsation-in any suit ;against a railway administration for compensation for any delay, "loss, destruction, deterioration or damage, the burden of proving-(q) in ihe case of animals, the value thereof, or the higher value declared under section 73, and, where the animal has been injured, the extent of the injury; or (b) in the case of any parcel or package the value of which ,luls ,~een declared under section 75, that the value so declared ·is its true vallle, shall' lie on the person claiming the compensation, but, subject to the other provisions contained in this act, it shall not be necessary for him to prove how the delay, loss, destruction, deterioration or daipllge was ca\l8t!d ''17 )jodficatiod'of ·elaims to refunds of overcharges and to cold--pe  tionfor·ioues-a pei'son shall not be entitled to a refund of 1ul0vercharge in respect of animals or goods carried by railway or to compensation for the lu;s, destruction or deterioration of animals or goods delivered to be so carried, unless his claim to the refund or compensation ·has been preferred in writing by him or on his behalf to the railway administration within six months from the ·date of the delivery of -the animals or goods for carriage by railway, 18 exoquation from responsibility in case of goods falsely d~d-notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this cbapter, railway administration shall not be responsible for the 1088, destruction or deterioration of any goods with respect to the desc;ription of which an ,account materially false has been delivered under su~section (1) of section 58 if the loss, destruction or deterioration is in any way brought about by the false account, nor in any case for an amount exceeding the wlue of the goods if such value were calculated in accordance with the description contained in the false account - - - - - so suitfor compensation for injury to through-booked trame-notwithstanding anything in any agreement purporting to limit the liability of a railway administration with respect to traffic while on the railway of another administration, a suit for compensation for was of the life of, or personal injury to, a passenger, or for loss, destruction or deterioration of animals or goods where the passenger was orothe animals or goods were booked through over the railways of two or more railway administrations, may be brought either against ~ rauway administration from which the passenger obtain- - ed his pass or purchased his ticket, or to which the animals or goods were delivered by the consignor thereof, as the case 'may be, or against the railway administration on whose railway the loss,-injury, destruction or deterioration occurred - - - - - 82 limitation of liability of railway administration in-·respec:t of accidents at sea-(1) when a railway administration contracts to carry passengers, animals or goods partly by railway and partly by sea, a condition exempting the railway administration from responsibility for any loss of life, personal injury or loss of or damage to animals or goods which may happen during the carriage by sea from the act of god, enemies of government, fire, accidents frommachinery, boilers and steam and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers and navigation of whatever nature and kind soever shall, without being expressed, be deemed' to be part of the contract, and, subject to that condition, the railway administration shall, irrespective of the nationality or ownership of the ship us~ for the carriage by sea, be responsible for any loss of life, personal injury or loss of or damage to animals or goods which may happen during the carriage by sea, to the extent to which it woald be responsible under the merchant shipping act, 1854 (17-- and 18-vict, c 104) and the merchant shipping act amendment act, 1882 (25 and 26 viet, c 63), if the ship were registered under the -fanner of those acts and the railway administration were owner of the ship, and not to any greater extent (2) the burden of proving that any such lossj injury or damage as is mentioned in sub-section (1) happened during the' cama,e:b!, sea shall lie on the railway administration 82a liability of railway administration in respect of aed_a to- trains carrying- passengers-(i) when- in the course of- worldng a railway an accident occurs, being either a collision between·tra!m of which one is a train carrying passengers or the derailment ~ or other accident to a train or any part of a train carrying passengers, then, whether or not there has been any wrongful act, negleet ilr default· on the part of th«:> railway administration such as would entitle a person who has been injured or has suffered loss- to main  tain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, the' rallwa,' administration shall, notwithstanding any other provisiot1 of law' to the contrary, be liable to pay compensation to the extent setout in sub-section (2) and to that extent only for loss occasioned - by the -death of a- passenger dying as a result of such, accident, and for personal injury and-loss, destruction or deterioration of animals or goods owned by the -passenger and -accompanying the passenger - in his compartment or on the train, sustained as a result of such accident - - - - - 8u power to make rules-(1) - - - - (3) all rules made under this section shall be laid before par1iament as soon as may be after they are made  - - - - - 106 giving false account of goods-if a person requested under section 58 to give an account with respect to any goods gives an account which is materially false, he" and, if he is not the owner of the goods, the owner also shall be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees for every maund or part of a maund of the goods, and the fine shall be in addition to any rate or other charge to which the gooda may be liable  - - - - -   , 113 travelling without pass or ticket or with insufficient pass or ticket or beyond authorized distance-(1) - - - - (3) the excess charge referred to in sub-section (1) and subsection (2) shall be a sum equivalent to the amount otherwise payable under those sub-sections, or eight annas, whichever is greater: provided that where the passenger has immediately after incurring the charge and before being detected by a railway servant notified to the railway servant on duty with the train the fact of the charge having been incurred, the excess charge shall be one-sixth of the excess charge otherwise payable calculated to the nearest anna, or two annas, whichever is greater: provided further that if the passenger has with him a certificate granted under sub-section (2) of section 68, no excess charge shall be payable - - - - - 115 disposal of fines under the two last foregoing sections-that portion of any fine imposed under section 112 or the last foregoing section which represents the single fare therein mentioned shall, as the fine is recovered, be paid to the railway administration before any portion of the fine is credited to the government  - - - - - 130 special provision with respect to the commisaloo by children of acts endangering safety of persons travelling by railway-(1) if ii minor under the age of twelve years is with respect to any railway guilty of any of the acts or omissions mentioned or referred to in any of the four last foregoing sections, he shall be deemed, notwithstanding anything in section 82 or section 83 of the indian penal code (45 of 1860), to have committed an offence, and the court convicting him may, if it thinks fit, direct that the minor, if a male, shall be punished with whipping, or may require the father or guardian of the minor to execute, within such time as the court may fix, a bond binding himself, in such penalty as the court directs, to prevent the minor from being again guilty of any of those acts or omissions - - - - - 10 service of notices on rahway administrations-any notice or other document required or authorized by this act to be served on a railway iiidministration may be served, in the case of a railway administered' by the government, on the manager and, in the case of a railway administered by a railway company, on the agent in india of the railway company-(a) by delivering the notice or other document to the manager or agent; or (ib) by leaving it at his office; or (c) by forwarding it by post in a prepaid letter addressed to the manager or agent at his office and registered under part iii of the indian post office act, 1866 (14 of 1866) ul service of notices by railway administrations-any notice or other document required or authorized by this act to be served on any person by a railway administration may be served-(a) by delivering it to the person; or (b) by leaving it at the usual or last lmown place of abode of the person; or (e) by forwarding it by post in a prepaid letter addressed to the person at his usual or last lmown place of abode and registered under part iii of the indian post oftlee act, 1866 (14 of 1866)  - - - - -  the first scittdut'e (see section 73)- (s) any article of special value which the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, add to this schedule - - - - the second schedule  (see section 75)- • -  articles to be declared and insured - • (i) television apparatus;(ii) heavy water; - (iii) thorium and uranium; (iv) bank cheques; (v) all printed material' produced by the indian security press, nuik; (vi);'examination answer papers a bill further to amend the indian railways act, 1890 the president has, in pursuance of clauses (i) and (3) of artick 117 of the constitution of india, reconunended to lok sabha the introduction and consideration of the bill m n kaul, secretary (shri jagjivan ram, minister of rai/way!;) 