Railways Act, 1989
122. Power to make rules in respect of matters in this
Chapter.
(1) The Central Government may, by notification, make rules to
carryout the purposes of this Chapter.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of
the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following
matters, namely:-
(a) the injury to property which shall be
considered serious under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 113;
(b) the forms of notice of accidents to be
given under section 113 and the particulars of the accident such notices shall
contain;
(c) the manner of sending the notices of
accidents, including the class of accidents to be sent immediately after the
accident;
(d) the duties of the Commissioner, railway
administration, railway servants, police officers and Magistrates on the
occurrence of an. accident;
(e) the persons to whom notices in respect of
any inquiry under this Chapter are to be sent, the procedure to be followed in
such inquiry and the manner in which a report of such inquiry shall be
prepared;
(f) the nature of inquiry to be made by a
railway administration into the causes of an accident under section 120;
(g) the form and manner of sending a return of
accidents by a railway administration under section 121.