Railways Act, 1989
197. Matters supplemental to the definitions of
"railway" and "railway servant".
(1) For the purposes of sections 67, 113, 121, 123, 147, 151 to
154, 160, 164, 166, 168, 170, 171, 173 to 176, 179, 180, 182, 184, 185, 187 to
190, 192, 193, 195 and of this section, the word "railway" whether it
occurs alone or as a prefix to another word, has reference to a railway or
portion of a railway under construction and to a railway or portion of a railway
not used for the public carriage of passengers, animals or goods as well as to
a railway falling within the definition of that word in clause (31) of section
2.
(2) For the purposes of sections 7, 24, 113, 146, 172 to 176 and
188 to 190, the expression "railway servant" includes a person
employed under a railway in connection with the service thereof by a person
fulfilling a contract with the railway administration.