The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 2
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 64] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29,1972/AGRAHAYANA 8, 1894
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LOK SABHA
The following Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on the 29th
November, 1972:*—
BILL NO. 109 OF 1972
A Bill farther to amend the Indian Railways Act, 1890.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-third Year of the Republic
of India as follows: —
1. This Act may be called the Indian Railways (Amendment) Act, 1972. Short title.
9 of 1890.
2. In sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 77 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890, for the words "thirty days", the words "seven days'' shall be substituted.
Amend- ment of section 77.
1188 THB GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PAHT II—SMC. 2] STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONSSection 77 of the Indian Railways Act provides that, but for certain descriptions of traffic specifically excluded, the railways continue to be liable as bailee for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non- delivery of goods up to thirty days after termination of transit. The experience of the railways has been that this tends to encourage trade not to remove goods from railway premises for fairly long spells, result- ing in congestion in goods sheds, hold-up of wagons, causing slower movement and shortage of wagons elsewhere, and, more serious than anything else, artificial scarcity and rise in prices.
This Bill seeks, therefore, to reduce the period of liability, after termination of transit, from thirty days to seven days.
T. A. PAI.
NBJW DELHI;
The 23rd November, 1972.
S. L. 3HAKDHER,