The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 54] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, DECEMBER 36, 1983/PAUSA 5, 1905
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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 26th December, 1983/Pausa 5, 1905 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 25th December, 1983, and is hereby published for general informa- tion:—
THE INDIAN RAILWAYS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1983
No. 44 OF 1983
[25th December, 1983]
An Act further to amend the Indian Railways Act, 1890. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. This Act may be called the Indian Railways (Amendment) Act, Short title.
1983
9 of 1890.
2. In section 82A of the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (hereinafter refer-
Amend- ment of section 82A.
red to as the principal Act), in sub-section (2), for the words "fifty thousand rupees", the words "rupees one lakh" shall be substituted and shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 4th day of March, 1983.
3. In section 82B of the principal Act, after the words "for such local area", the wards "or for such accident or accidents" shall be inserted.
4. In section 82C of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), the follow- ing Explanation shall be inserted at the end, namely: —
2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—S"C. 1]dents, the lefcrences in this sub-section to the occurrence of the accident shall be construed as references to the date on which the Claims Commissioner so appointed assumes charge of his office."
5. Any action or thing taken or done or purported to have been taken Valida- tion.
or done under th
R. V. S. PERI SASTRI,
Secy, to the Govt. of India.