Railways Act, 1989
188. Railway servants to be public servants for the
purposes of Chapter IX and section 409 of the Indian Penal Code.
(1) Any railway servant, who is not a public servant within the
meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), shall be deemed to
be a public servant for the purposes of Chapter IX and section 409 of that
Code.
(2) In the definition of "legal remuneration" in
section 161 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), the word
"Government" shall, for the purposes of sub-section (1), be deemed to
include any employer of a railway servant as such.