REGISTERED NO . DL -33004/2003
रजिस्ट्री सं० डी ० एल०-33004/ 2003
भारत का राजपत्र The Gazette ofIndia
असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II- खण्ड 1
PART II- Section 1
प्राधिकार से प्रकाशित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
नई दिल्ली, मंगलवार, दिसम्बर 23 , 2003/ पोष 2, 1925
सं॰ 65] No. 65]
NEW DELHI , TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23 , 2003/ PAUSA 2, 1925
इस भाग में भिन्न पृष्ठ संख्या दी जाती है जिससे कि यह अलग संकलन के रूप में रखा जा सके।
Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation .
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 23rd December , 2003 / Pausa 2, 1925 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 23rd December , 2003 and is hereby published for general information: ----
THE RAILWAYS ( SECOND AMENDMENT ) ACT , 2003
No. 51 OF 2003
[23rd December, 2003 ]
An Act further to amend the Railways Act, 1989.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty- fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. (1) This Act may be called the Railways ( Second Amendment) Act, 2003 .
Shorttitle and com- mencement .
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette , appoint.
24 of 1989 .
Amendment of section 2.
2. In section 2 of the Railways Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),-
(a) after clause (26) , the following clause shall be inserted , namely:-
'(264) " officer authorised" means an officer authorised by the Central Government under sub - section (2 ) of section 179; ' ;
(b) in clause (34), after the words " service of a railway", the following shall be inserted, namely:
23 of 1957 .
" 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" .
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[PART II- 3. For section 179 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted , namely:-
Substitution ofnew section for section 179 .
"179. ( 1 ) If any person commits any offence mentioned in sections 150 to 152, he may be arrested without warrant or other written authority by any railway servant or police officer not below the rank of a head constable .
Arrest for offences under certain sections .
(2) If any person commits any offence mentioned in sections 137 to 139, 141 to 147, 153 to 157, 159 to 167 and 172 to 176 , he may be arrested, without warrant or other written authority , by the officer authorised by a notified order of the Central Government.
(3) The railway servant or the police officer or the officer authorised, as the case may be , may call to his aid any other person to effect the arrest under sub- section ( 1) or sub- section (2 ) , as the case may be .
(4) Any person so arrested under this section shall be produced before the nearest Magistrate within a period of twenty- four hours of such arrest excluding the . time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the court of the Magistrate. " 4. In section 180 of the principal Act ,-
Amendment of section 180 .
(a) insub -section ( 1 ) ,-
(i) forthe word and figures " section 179 " , the words , brackets and figures "sub- section (2) of section 179 " shall be substituted;
(ii) for the words " any railway servant authorised in this behalf or any police officer not below the rank of a head constable " , the words " the officer authorised" shall be substituted;
(b) in sub- section (2 ) , for the words "The railway servant or the police officer" , the words " The officer authorised " shall be substituted .
5. After section 180 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be inserted , namely:
Insertior: of new sections 180A to 180G.
"180A. For ascertaining facts and circumstances of a case , the officer authorised may make an inquiry into the commission of an offence mentioned in sub -section (2) of section 179 and may file a complaint in the competent court ifthe offence is found to have been committed.
Inquiry by officer authorised to ascertain commission of offence .
180B . While making an inquiry , the officer authorised shall have power to , (i) summon and enforce the attendance of any person and record his statement;
Powers cf officer authorised to inquire .
(ii) require the discovery and production of any document;
(iii) requisition any public record or copy thereof from any office, authority or person ;
(iv) enter and search any premises or person and seize any property or document which may be relevant to the subject- matter of the inquiry.
Disposal of persons arrested .
C. Every person arrested for an offence punishable under sub - section (2) of section 179 shall, if the arrest was made by a person other than the officer authorised, be forwarded, without delay ,to such officer .
180D. ( 1 ) When any person is arrested by the officer authorised for an offence punishable under this Act , such officer shall proceed to inquire into the charge against such person .
Inquiry low to be made against arrested person .
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SEC. 1 ]
2 of 1974 .
(2) For this purpose , the officer authorised may exercise the same powers and shall be subject to the same provisions as the officer in charge of a police station may exercise and is subject to the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure , 1973 , when investigating a cognizable case:
Provided that-
(a) iftheofficer authorised is ofthe opinion that there is sufficient evidence or reasonable ground of suspicion against the accused person , he shall either admit him to bail to appear before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case , or forward him in custody to such Magistrate;
(b) ifit appears to the officer authorised that there is not sufficient evidence or reasonable ground of suspicion against the accused person, he shall release the accused person on his executing a bond, with or without sureties as the officer authorised may direct, to appear , if and when so required, before the Magistrate having jurisdiction .
2 of 1974 .
Search, seizure and arrest how to be made .
180E. All searches , seizures and arrests made under this Act shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure , 1973 , relating respectively to searches and arrests made under that Code .
180F . No court shall take cognizance of an offence mentioned in sub - section (2) of section 179 except on a complaint made by the officer authorised.
Cognizance by Court on a complaint made by officer authorised.
180G . Whoever intentionally insults or causes any interruption in the inquiry proceedings or deliberately makes a false statement before the inquiring officer shall bepunished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months , or with finewhich may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both. " .
Punishment for certain offences in relation to inquiry.
T. K. VISHWANATHAN, Secy. to theGovt. of India.
MGIPMRND-4443GI-30-12-2003 .