Railways Act, 1890
This Act may be called The Railways Act, 1890 and is enacted to consolidate, amend and add to the law relating to Railways. It is applicable to whole of Pakistan and also applies to all citizens of Pakistan wherever they may be. Chapter 2 & 3 of this Act provides the appointment and duties of inspector of railways and the construction and maintenance of work. No suit shall be instituted or proceeding taken for anything done or any omission made by a railway administration in violation or contravention of any provision of Chapter 5 except as given in this Act. No person shall be entitled to take with him, or to require a railway administration to carry, any dangerous or offensive goods upon a railway. Every railway administration shall, in every train carrying passengers, reserve for the use of females one compartment at least of the lowest class of carriage forming part of the train. A ticket against which reservation of a seat or berth has been made, or a return ticket or season ticket, shall not be transferable and may be used only by the person for whose journey to and from the places specified thereon it was issued. A railway administration may refuse to carry, except in accordance with the conditions prescribed a person suffering from any infectious or contagious disorder. Any person who, without having obtained the permission of a railway employee, travels or attempts to travel in a carriage without having a proper pass or ticket with him, or in a carriage of a higher class than that for which he has obtained a pass or purchased a ticket, or in a carriage beyond the place authorized by his pass or ticket, or who being in a carriage fails or refuses to present for examination or to deliver up his pass or ticket immediately may be removed from the carriage by any railway employee authorized by the railway administration. If a person willfully obstructs or impedes any railway employee in the discharge of his duties, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to two thous and rupees, or with both. All offences under this Act shall be tried by the Magistrate of First Class. Any railway employee, not inferior in rank to Basic pay scale 17, who is authorized by the Federal Government, may exercise the powers of a Magistrate of the first class under the said Code.
