Lawgist59Drunkenness or nuisance on metro railway
(1) If any person, in any carriage or upon any part of the metro railway,--
(a) is in a state of intoxication; or
(b) commits any nuisance or vandalism or act of indecency, or uses abusive or obscene language; or
(c) wilfully or without excuse interferes in any way with the comfort of any passenger,
he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees and shall also be liable to forfeiture of the fare which he may have paid or any pass or ticket which he may have obtained or purchased, or be removed from such carriage or part by any metro railway official authorised by the metro railway administration in this behalf.
(2) If any metro railway official is in a state of intoxication while on duty, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees or, where the improper performance of the duty would be likely to endanger the safety of any passenger travelling or being upon the metro railway, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
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- 59 Drunkenness or nuisance on metro railway
- 60 Penalty for taking or causing to take offensive material upon metro railway
- 61 Penalty for taking or causing to take dangerous material upon metro railway
- 62 Prohibition of demonstrations upon metro railway
- 63 Penalty for travelling on roof, etc., of a train
- 64 Penalty for unlawfully entering or remaining upon metro railway or walking on metro track
- 65 Endangering the safety of passengers by metro railway official
- 66 Abandoning train, etc., without authority
- 67 Obstructing running of train, etc
- 68 Obstructing metro railway official in his duties
- 69 Travelling without proper pass or ticket or beyond authorised distance
- 70 Needlessly interfering with means of communication in a train
- 71 Altering or defacing or counterfeiting pass or ticket
- 72 Defacing public notices
- 73 Any sale of articles on metro railway
- 74 Maliciously wrecking a train causing sabotage
- 75 Penalty for unauthorised sale of tickets
- 76 Maliciously hurting or attempting to hurt person travelling by metro railway
- 77 Endangering safety of persons travelling by metro railway by rash or negligent act or omission
- 78 Damage to or destruction of certain metro railway properties
- 79 Endangering the safely of persons travelling by metro railway by withful act or omission
- 80 Penalty for making a false claim for compensation
- 81 Offences by companies
- 82 Power of arrest without warrant
- 83 Arrest of person likely to abscond, etc
- 84 Magistrate having jurisdiction under the Act
- 85 Place of trial
