रजिस्ट्री सं० डी० एल०-33004 / 2003
REGISTERED NO . DL - 33004/2003
भारत को राजपत्र The Gazette ofIndia
असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II - खण्ड 1
PART II - Section 1
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नई दिल्ली, मंगलवार , दिसम्बर 23 , 2003/ पौष 2 , 1925
सं० 66] No. 66]
NEW DELHI , TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23 , 2003/ PAUSA 2, 1925
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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 RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003
No. 52 OF 2003
[23rd December, 2003 ]
AnAct furtherto amend the Railway Protection Force Act , 1957.
BE it enactedby Parliament in the Fifty- fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows: ---
1. (1) This Actmay be called the Railway Protection Force (Amendment) Act, 2003. Short title and com- mencement .
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette , appoint .
23 of1957 .
of long title. Amendment 2. In the Railway Protection Force Act, 1957 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in the long title , for the words " railway property ", the words " railway property, passenger area and passengers " shall be substituted.
Amendment of section 2 .
3. In section 2 of the principal Act , after clause (c) , the following clauses shall be inserted , namely:----
24 of 1989 .
'(ca) " passenger" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Railways Act, 1989;
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(ch) "passenger area" shall include railway platform , train , yard and such other area as is frequently visited by passengers; ' .
4. For section 11 of the principal Act; the following section shall be substituted , namely:-
Substitution of new section for section 11 .
" 11. It shall be the duty of every superior officer and member of the Force
Dutiesof members of Force.
(a) promptly to execute all orders lawfully issued to him by his superior authority;
(b) to protect and safeguard railway property , passenger area and passengers;
(c) to remove any obstruction in the movement of railway property or passenger area ; and
(d) to do any other act conducive to the better protection and security of railway property, passenger area and passengers ." .
Amendment of section 12.
5. In section 12 of the principal Act , for the words " railway property " wherever they occur, the words " railway property , passenger area and passengers" shall be substituted .
Amendment ofsection 14.
6. In section 14 of the principal Act, for the words " to a police officer" , the words " to a police officer together with a detailed report of the circumstances leading to the . arrest of such person" shall be substituted.
T. K. VISWANATHAN, Secy. to the Govt. of India.
MGIPMRND-4444GI-30.12.2003.