REGISTERED No. D. (D)—72
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
(77)
1213 GI/80
78 1HE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(Railway Board)
NOTIFICATION
New r>;1hi, tin lrtth January, 1981
S.O. 31 (E).—H exirjisa of ihs powers conferred by clauses ff) and (g) of sub-section (1) of seclbn 47 of the Indian Railways Act, 1893 (9 of 18J0), thj C\\itral Govsrnnwnt h;reby makes th; following rubs further to amsnd the Railways (Warehousing ani Whirtag.') Rubs, 1958, namely:--
1.(1) T/n39 rubs miy b; exiled ths Railways (Warehousing
and Wharfage) (Second Amendment) Rules, 1981,
(2) They s'ull cam; n tj tVjj with eiKjjt from the 1st day
of February, 1981.
2. In the Railways (Warehousing and Wharfage) Rales,
1958:—
(a) in ths Table to clauso (d) of rub 1, for the entries under column 4, against the item "Luggage and parcel Traffic", the following entries shall be substituted, namely:—
"Group I Group II Group ITI stations stations stations
Rs. Rs. Rs.
1st 24 hours 0,50 0.40 0.20 2nd 24 hours 0.75 0 50 0.30 3rd 24 hours 1.00 0 70 0 40" and thereafter
(b) in sub-rule (a) of rule 2: —
(i) far th.j letters and figures "Rs. 10", appearing after thj words "not exceeding" the lotters and figures "Rs.
25" shall bj substituted ;
(ii) for the letters and figures "Rs. 2", appearing after the words "not baloty", the letters and figures "Rs. 10"
shi.Il bi substituted ;
(iii) for ths btters anil figures "Rs. 2", appearing after tho w.irds "not ex;wding", th; letters and figures "Rs. 10" shall be substituted ;
(c) for rule, 3, for the following shill be substituted, namely:-
3. Wharfage on animals, poultry and birds :
Whirfaga shill bi chirged on animals, poultry and birds after the expiration of five hours from the time at which thoy are received at a station at the following rates, namely:—
(i) Aninuls : Forty p.dso per animal per hour
or part of an hour.
Note : Wanfagj chirgj is also leviable on sucklings or calves carried free with their parent animals.
(ii) Poultry or blrdj in Twsnty-nv;; rnise par twenty-flvo baskets, crates oi cubic dxinuters or part thereo f cagss. pjr hour or part of an hour.
fiii) Poultry or birds othsr- Twanty-fivc paiso per head per •visa than in biskets, h.iur or part of an hour. crates or cages.
Thrs; charges shUl bj in addition to any oxpenses entailed
in feeding the nnlmals, poultry and birds.
Uid^r ariy circuiiitinse, liv: animals shall be removed from th • R lilway premises within twentv-four hours from the time of their arrival it destination, failing which they may be disposed of in accordance with the provisions contained in sub-section (2) of section 56 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890".
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(d) in rule 6, iu the Table appearing under the heading "D
murrage on Goods Wagons", against item (i) for entries under column 3, tho following entries shall be substituted, namely:—t
"60 paise for the first day; 80 paise for the second day and Re. 1 for tho third day and thereafter for all wagons except vcgotable oil tank wngons; Re, 1/ for the first day Rs. 2 for the second diy and Rs. 3 for the third day and there- after for vegetable oil tank wagons".
(ii) against item (II, for tho entry under column 3 tha follow-
ing entry shall b* substituted, namely:—
"6Q piisc for the first day, 80 paise for tho second day tmd R'jo^; oi8 for the third day an 1 thsreaft;r for all wagons except vcgetablo oil tank wagons ; Re. 1/- for the first day, Ra. 2/- for the second day and Rs. 3/- for the third day and there tfter for vegetable oil tank wagons."
(e) in the Table to rule 7:—
(0 against item (0, for the entries under column 3, the follow-
ing shall be substituted, namely:—
" F .T th; first 24 haurs after the expiry of the free tim
For the next 24 hours after expiry of free tlmo—80P.
Beyond 4S hours after expiry of free time—Re. 1".
(ii) against item (ii), under column 3, for tho entries tho
following shall be substituted, namely:—
"For thr first 24 hours after the oxpiry of the free time—60P.
For the next 24 hours after expiry of tho free time—80P.
Boyond 48 hours after expiry of the froo time—Re. 1,"
(f) in rule 7, for sub-rule (b) the following shnll be substitu-
ted, namely:—
"(b) Demurrage on passenger carriages, othor than tourist cars and saloons, reserved for the convenience of passengers and not availed of or availed of, but detailed at the starting station, en-route or at destination, may be char- ged at the rates specified below subject to a minimum charge of Rs. 20 per four-wheeler, Rs. 30 per six-wheeler and Rs. 40 per bogie:—
Type of vehicle
Description Rates for all gauges per hour or part of an hour
Rs.P.
Four-wheelers.
15.00 A.GC.
Six-wheelors.
22.50
Bogie
30.00
5.00
Fojr-wheelers.
First and Second
Six-whcelers
7.50
10.00
Bogie.
For air-conditioned tourist cars and saloons ordered and not used, demurrage shall bt charged at the rate of Rs. 30 per hour or part of an hour ; for tourist cars and saloons other than
80 THE GAZETTE OF TND1A : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3fii)]Air-conditioned tourist cars and saloons ordered and not used, demurrage shall be charged at the rate of Rs. 10/- per hour or part of an hour subject to the following minimum charges:—
Standard Gauge
Other Gauges
Ra.
Rs.
32
4-wheclers
20
"(1) The Railway Administration may, if and for so long as the state of traffic or any sudden emergency makes it necessary, and after notifying the intention to do so by exhibiting notices on the Notice Boards available in the goods sheds and parcel offices, levy the higher wharfage charge of Rupees Two per fifty kilograms or part thereof per day o i part of a day on non-bulk commodities in the goods sheds and on parcel and luggage traffic of every description in the parcel offices, and a higher demurrage charge of Rupees Two per tonne or part of a tonne per hour or part of an hour In respect of both goods wagons and coaching vehicles."
40
30
6-wheclers
50
Bogie
40"
[No. TCI/80/201/8]
(g) for sub-mis (I) of rub 15, th; following shall be sub-
stituted namely:—
K. BALACHANDRAN, Secy. Railway Board and Ex-Offlcio Jt. Secy, to the Govt. of India.