 1 s nov 1961 bill no 9z of 1968 the indian railways (amendment) bill, 1968 a bill further to amend the indian railways act, 1890be it enacted by parliament in the nineteenth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be caned the indian railway, (amendment) short act, 1968 title 9 of 1890 5 2 in the indian railways act, 1890 (hereinafter referred to as insertion the principal act), after gection 100, the following sections shall be of new  i sections mserted" namely:-looa and )oob "100a if a railway servant, when on duty, is entrusted with abandonany responsibility connected with the running of a train rail _ iogtrain, car or any other rolling-stock from one station or place to an- ~~h t other station or place, and he abandons his duty before reach- auth:~ty ing such station or place, without authority or without properly handing over such train, rail-car or rolling-stock to another authorised railway servant, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with 5 both obstructingrunrung of train, etc, 100b if a railway servant, when on duty or otherwise, or any other person obstructs or causes to be obstructed vr attempts to obstruct any train, rail-car or other rolling-stock upon a railway, by squatting, picketing, keeping without authority any 10 rolling-stock on the railway or tampering with signal gear or otherwise, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both" 3, in section 131 of the principal act, in sub-section (1), for the is figures "100, 101", the figures and letters "100, 100a, 100b, 101" shall be substituted amendment of section 131 4 in section 148 of the principal act, in sub-sections (1) and (2), for the figures "100, 101", the figures and letters "100, 100a, 100b, 101" shall be substituted 20 amend ment of section 148 5 (1) the indian railways (amendment) ordinance, 1968, is 10 of 1168 hereby repealed repeal and saving (2) notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal act as amended by thtt said ord1l1llp~e shall be deem'ed to have been done or taken under the principal act 25 as amended by this act, as if this act had come into force cn the 14th day of september, 1968  statement of objects and reasonschapter ix of the indian railways act, 1890, contains provision:; for penalties for certain offences such as maliciously wrecking or attempting to wreck a train, maliciously hurting or attempting to_ hurt persons travelling by railway, endangering safety of persodl; travelling by railway by wilful ilet or omission, emlangering safety of persons travelling by railway by rash or negligent act or omission, etc thsse provisions are however not adequate to deal 'effectively with obstruction to the running of trains by abandorunent thereof by railway servants, or by squatting, picketing or oth'er me~ns either by railway servants or by others in order to provide penalties for such obstructions also, the indian railways (amendment) ordinan~, 1968, was promulgated by the presideqt on the 14th september, 1968 2 the bill seeks to replace the ordinance by an act of parliament dated the 4th november, 1968 parimar ghosh  annexure extracts from me indian railways act, 1890- (9 of 1890) - - - - procedure - arrest for offences against certain sections matters supple_ mental to the deftnltiona of "rail way" and "railway servant" 131 (1) if a person commits any offence mentioned in section 100, 101, 108, 112, 119, 120, 121, 126, 127, 128 or 129 or in section 130, sub-section (1), he may be arrested without warrant or other written authority by any railway servant or polic'e-officer, or by any other person whom such servant or officer may call to his aid - - - - - - 148 (1) for the purposes of section 3, clauses (5), (6) and (7), and sections 4 to 19 (both inclusive), 47 to 52 (both inclusive), 59, 79, 83 to 92 (both indusive), 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 103, 104, 107, 111 122, 124 to 132 (both inclusive), 134 to 138 (both inclusive), 140, 141 145 and 147, the word "railway", whether it occurs alone ('ir as a prefix to another word, has reference to a railway or portion of a railway under construction and to a railway or portion of a railway not used for the public carriage of passengers, animals or goods as well as to a railway falling within the definition of that word in section 3, clause (4) (2) for the purposes of s·ections 5, 21, 83, 100, 101, 103, 104, 121, 122, 125 and 137, su~sections (1) and (2) and section 138, the expression "railway servant" includes a person employed upon a railway in connection with the service thereof by a person fulfillig a contract with the railway administration - - - - - - a bill further to am~nd the indian railways act, 1890 (slw{puf'ilflaj ghosh, minister of state in the nlitdstry of railways) 