Metro Railways (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002
Bare Act · 2002
- Act number
- 60 of 2002
- Enacted
- 17 December 2002
- Contents
- 108 sections · 12 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — Government Metro Railway Administration
Chapter III — Functions And Powers Of The Metro Railway Administration
- Section 5 – Functions of metro railway administration
- Section 6 – Powers of metro railway administration (preview)
Chapter IV — Commissioner Of Metro Railway Safety
- Section 7 – Appointment of Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (preview)
- Section 8 – Duties of Commissioner (preview)
- Section 9 – Powers of Commissioner (preview)
- Section 10 – Commissioner to be public servant (preview)
- Section 11 – Facilities to be provided to Commissioner (preview)
- Section 12 – Annual report (preview)
- Section 13 – Annual report to be laid before Parliament (preview)
Chapter V — Opening Of Metro Railway
- Section 14 – Sanction of Central Government to the opening of metro railway (preview)
- Section 15 – Formalities to be complied with before giving sanction to the opening of metro railway (preview)
- Section 16 – Sections 14 and 15 to apply to the opening of certain works (preview)
- Section 17 – Temporary suspension of traffic (preview)
- Section 18 – Power to close metro railway opened for public carriage of passengers (preview)
- Section 19 – Re-opening of closed metro railway (preview)
- Section 20 – Use of rolling stock (preview)
- Section 21 – Delegation of powers (preview)
- Section 22 – Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter (preview)
Chapter VI — Working Of The Metro Railway
- Section 23 – Exhibition of fare tables at station and supply of tickets (preview)
- Section 24 – Exhibition and surrender of pass and ticket (preview)
- Section 25 – Prohibition against travelling without pass or ticket (preview)
- Section 26 – Carriage of goods (preview)
- Section 27 – Prohibition against travelling of person suffering from infectious or contagious diseases and powers to remove them (preview)
- Section 28 – Communication between passengers and metro railway officials in charge of trains (preview)
- Section 29 – Right of metro railway administration to display commercial advertisements on metro railway or on the premises occupied by it (preview)
- Section 30 – Carriage of dangerous or offensive material (preview)
- Section 31 – Power to remove persons from metro railway and its carriages (preview)
- Section 32 – Power to make rules (preview)
Chapter VII — Fare Fixation
- Section 33 – Fixation of fare for carriage of passengers (preview)
- Section 34 – Constitution of Fare Fixation Committee (preview)
- Section 35 – Other terms and conditions and procedure to be followed (preview)
- Section 36 – Period for making recommendations (preview)
- Section 37 – Recommendations to be binding on metro railway administration (preview)
Chapter VIII — Accidents
- Section 38 – Notice of metro railway accident (preview)
- Section 39 – Inquiry by Commissioner (preview)
- Section 40 – Inquiry by metro railway administration (preview)
- Section 41 – Powers of Commissioner in relation to inquiries (preview)
- Section 42 – Statement made before Commissioner (preview)
- Section 43 – Procedure for conducting inquiry (preview)
- Section 44 – No inquiry, investigation, etc., to be made if the Commission of Inquiry is appointed (preview)
- Section 45 – Inquiry into accident not covered by section 38 (preview)
- Section 46 – Returns (preview)
- Section 47 – Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter (preview)
Chapter IX — Claims Commissioner
- Section 48 – Claims Commissioner (preview)
- Section 49 – Qualifications for appointment as Claims Commissioner (preview)
- Section 50 – Term of office (preview)
- Section 51 – Resignation and removal (preview)
- Section 52 – Salary and allowances and other conditions of service of Claims Commissioner (preview)
- Section 53 – Procedure and powers of Claims Commissioner (preview)
- Section 54 – Decision of Claims Commissioner (preview)
- Section 55 – Savings as to certain rights (preview)
- Section 56 – Power to make rules (preview)
Chapter X — Liability Of Metro Railway Administration Due To Accidents
- Section 57 – Extent of liability (preview)
- Section 58 – Application for compensation (preview)
Chapter XI
- Section 59 – Drunkenness or nuisance on metro railway (preview)
- Section 60 – Penalty for taking or causing to take offensive material upon metro railway (preview)
- Section 61 – Penalty for taking or causing to take dangerous material upon metro railway (preview)
- Section 62 – Prohibition of demonstrations upon metro railway (preview)
- Section 63 – Penalty for travelling on roof, etc., of a train (preview)
- Section 64 – Penalty for unlawfully entering or remaining upon metro railway or walking on metro track (preview)
- Section 65 – Endangering the safety of passengers by metro railway official (preview)
- Section 66 – Abandoning train, etc., without authority (preview)
- Section 67 – Obstructing running of train, etc (preview)
- Section 68 – Obstructing metro railway official in his duties (preview)
- Section 69 – Travelling without proper pass or ticket or beyond authorised distance (preview)
- Section 70 – Needlessly interfering with means of communication in a train (preview)
- Section 71 – Altering or defacing or counterfeiting pass or ticket (preview)
- Section 72 – Defacing public notices (preview)
- Section 73 – Any sale of articles on metro railway (preview)
- Section 74 – Maliciously wrecking a train causing sabotage (preview)
- Section 75 – Penalty for unauthorised sale of tickets (preview)
- Section 76 – Maliciously hurting or attempting to hurt persons travelling by metro railway (preview)
- Section 77 – Endangering safety of persons travelling by metro railway by rash or negligent act or omission (preview)
- Section 78 – Damage to or destruction of certain metro railway properties (preview)
- Section 79 – Endangering the safely of persons travelling by metro railway by wilful act or omission (preview)
- Section 79A – Adjudication of penalties (preview)
- Section 79B – Consequence of failure to pay penalty (preview)
- Section 80 – Penalty for making a false claim for compensation (preview)
- Section 81 – Offences by companies (preview)
- Section 82 – Power of arrest without warrant (preview)
- Section 83 – Arrest of person likely to abscond, etc (preview)
- Section 84 – Magistrate having jurisdiction under the Act (preview)
- Section 85 – Place of trial (preview)
- Section 85A – Compounding of certain offences (preview)
Chapter XII — Miscellaneous
- Section 86 – Power of Central Government to issue directions (preview)
- Section 87 – Prohibition to work as non-Government metro railway (preview)
- Section 88 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 89 – Restriction on execution against metro railway property (preview)
- Section 90 – Officials of metro railway administration to be public servants (preview)
- Section 91 – Procedure for delivery to metro railway administration of property detained by a metro railway official (preview)
- Section 92 – Proof of entries in records and documents (preview)
- Section 93 – Service of notice, etc., on metro railway administration (preview)
- Section 94 – Service of notice, etc., by metro railway administration (preview)
- Section 95 – Presumption where notice is (preview)
- Section 96 – Representation of metro railway administration (preview)
- Section 97 – Appointment of security staff (preview)
- Section 98 – Delegation of powers (preview)
- Section 99 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
- Section 100 – Power of Central Government to make rules (preview)
- Section 101 – Power of metro railway administration to make regulations (preview)
- Section 102 – Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament (preview)
- Section 103 – Effect of Act inconsistent with other enactments (preview)
- Section 104 – Application of other Acts (preview)
- Section 105 – Repeal and savings (preview)