The Indian Railways Act 1879, 4 of 1879, (Rep., Act 9 of 1890)

Section 6. Erery Rail~vay-Adniinistratioll shall, within

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

6. Erery Rail~vay-Adniinistratioll shall, within Accidents to forty-eight hours after the occurrence upon the[be reported. ] Railway of - (a) ally acciclent attended with loss of humall life or serious iiijury to person or property, (b) ally accicleilt of a clescription usually attended wit,h such loss or injury, and (G) any accicleilt of ally other clescriptioii which the Governor General in Co~~ncil iliay, froill time to time, direct to be notified, give iiotice thereof to the Local Governillent ; and the Station-master nearest to the place at which the accident occurs, or, ~vl~ere there is no Statioii-master, the officer in charge of the section of the Xnilmiay on ~vhich tlie accident occurs, shall, mithout unnecessary clclay, give notice in TI-riting or by telegraph of such accident to tlie nearest Blagistrate ailcl to the officer ill charge oi the Police-station in the jurisclictioil of .tvliich the acciclent occllrs, or to suclx otlier 31agistrate ancl I'olicc-offlccr as the Local Government from time to tinic npl~oints in tliis bclialf . L 7. ]CT:PT~ ~ [ ? ~ i l ~ ~ ~ a ~ - ~ \ c l ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ i ~ t i ~ : ~ t i ~ ~ ~ ~11x11 111di~ 1113 11~t::;: c,f ! i a11d t l i ~ ! ; \ t.1 to ilic. Gli) c.1 I \ O ~ (;c~nc>l;i il l C O I L I I C : ~ ;. :\-..; 1,:. Y P ~ L ~ 11 , ) I . , (I(;c,III~~Q~~I:; ill 1 1 1 ~ < > O L L I : ~ > oi ?)III>:~< t:brcfl!,* 1tj)OII - !i 1 t:!\~,<-y. I\!:( ~I:c;I' : < I ? \ < i ~ c ! \,;LII , c - > I \ , 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 > (1) j t , : : I , k l k t * ? ) [r>l'iui ; , ~ ! i : > ! I 3 rilles General for morltil~g rilles . Penilg for breach of Notifientiol~ of rules. and at such intervals of time, as the Governor General in Council from time to time directs. ' `8:` Every Railway-Administration sllall malie genera1 mles for the following purposes (that is to say) : (a) for regulating the mode in which, and the speed at which, carriages and nagons used on the Railway are to be moved or propelled ; ( 8 ) for regulating the maximum number of passengers which each carriage and compartn~ent may carry, and the mode in which such number shall be denoted thereon ; (G) for regulating the provision to be made for the accommodation and convenience of passengers ; (d) for declaring what shall be deemed to be, for the purposes of this Act, dangerous goods ; and (e) generally for regulating the travelling upon, and the use, working and management of, the Rdl- and may, from time to time, alter any such rules. Any such rule may contain a provision that any person committing a breach of it shall be liable to a fine rvhiclr may extend to fifty rupees, or, in default of payment of such fine, to simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two months. No such rule shall take effect unless it is consistent with this Act and until it has received the sariction of the Governor General in Council. All rules made under this section shall be published ill tile Gaxeite qf *zclicc, and shall be otlzerwise notified to the H,ail117ay-selvants ancl the public in such manner as the Governor General in Co~~ncil, fro111 time to time, cfects. Tllc Governor Gene~d in Coulicil may at any -

Source: India Code