Railways Act, 1989
29. Power to make rules in respect of matters in this
Chapter.
(1) The Central Government may, by notification, make rules to
carry out 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 duties of a railway administration and
the Commissioner in regard to the opening of a railway for the public carriage
of passengers;
(b) the arrangements to be made for and the
formalities to be complied with before opening a railway for the public
carriage of passengers;
(c) for regulating the mode in which, and the
speed at which rolling stock used on railways is to be moved or propelled, and
(d) the cases in which and the extent to which
the procedure provided in this Chapter may be dispensed with.