Governmet Railways Act 1870, 13 of 1870, (Rep., Act 4 of 1879)

Section 0

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

PASSED `BY` THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA I N I N COTJXCTT,. (Beceined the assent of the Gozjernor General on the 1st A2)ril 1870). A11 Act to apply the provisioi1s of Act No. XVIII of 1854 to Railways belonging to, or ~vorked by, Government. `i?z` .&&a) shall apply to all ~<aiirna~s how or heieA C ~ ofriiailvvay to R:~ilafter belonging to Government, but worlrerl hy a belongRailwav Comuanv. in the same manner as if such I .J' ernlnent ing to but ~ a i l r n a ~ s belonged to the Company and had beoil ,,,orlced by opened by tlie Conipany in inanner mentioned in the Companies. preamble to the said Act. 2. Subject to the modifications hereinafter men-[[Application ]] tioned, the said Act shall apply t,o all Rail~vays now Act of nailway to Rail- of nailway to Rail- to Rail- Railor hereafter ~vorkecl by Government in the same ways \\rorked manner as if such Railways had been opened by * a by Government. 2. Subject to the modifications hereinafter men-[[Application ]] tioned, the said Act shall apply t,o all Rail~vays now Act of nailway to Rail- of nailway to Rail- to Rail- Railor hereafter ~vorkecl by Government in the same ways \\rorked manner as if such Railways had been opened by * a by GovernRailway Company in manner aforesaid. ment. `3.` In applying tlie said Act to any Railway now &lodificstio~ls or hereafter worked by Government, of aaalied to A C ~ wheu the expressions " servant of the Company," " such servant," " such servant of the Company," " servant Government, of tlie said Company," " Conipany's scrvaiits," " servants of the Company,'' '< their servants," and " any of their servants," shall ilieaii a se~vant. or servants employed on such E a i l ~ ~ a y : sectioiis nine and ten be read as if, f o ~ the expression " 50 such Railway Company shall," thc expression " The Government shall not" were substituted : the expressions " any such Railway Company," " such Railway Company," '' any such Company," andl "the Connpany" shall mean, in sect,iooll three, six, eight, eleven,' twelve, -fifteen, twenty-two, twenty-seven and thirty, the Government ; ut in sections seventee , t~rrenty-three, forty-o pressions " Railway Company," " such-~P~iLmy Company," " the Compauy," and " they'.' (when referring to a Company) shall mean the officer for the time being entri~sted k o f ssp$ Railway :

Source: India Code