Railways Act, 1989
67. Carriage of dangerous or offensive goods.
(1) No person shall take with him on a railway, or require a
railway administration to carry such dangerous or offensive goods, as may be
prescribed, except in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(2) No person shall take with him on a railway the goods
referred to in a sub-section (1) unless he gives a notice in writing of their
dangerous or offensive nature to the railway servant authorized in this behalf.
(3) No person shall entrust the goods referred to in sub-section
(1) to a railway servant authorized in this behalf for carriage unless he
distinctly marks on the outside of the package containing such goods their
dangerous or offensive nature and gives a notice in writing of their dangerous
or offensive nature to such railway servant.
(4) If any railway servant has reason to believe that goods
contained in a package are dangerous or offensive and notice as required under
sub-section (2) or sub-section (3), as the case may be, in respect of such
goods is not given, he may cause such package to be opened for the, purpose of
ascertaining its contents.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained, in this section, any
railway servant may refuse to accept any dangerous or offensive goods for
carriage or stop, in transit such goods or cause the same to be removed, as the
case may be, if he has reason to believe that the provisions of this section
for such carriage are not complied with.
(6) Nothing in this section shall be construed to derogate from
the provisions of the Indian Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), or any rule or
order made under that Act, and nothing in sub-sections (4) and (5) shall be
construed to apply to any goods entrusted for carriage by order or on behalf of
the Government or to any goods which a soldier, sailor, airman or any other
officer of the armed forces of the Union or a police officer or a member of the
Territorial Army or of the National Cadet Corps may take with him on a railway
in the course of his employment or duty as such.