Lawgist83Arrest of person likely to abscond, etc
(1) If any person commits any offence under this Act, other than an offence mentioned in section 82 or fails or refuses to pay any excess charge or other sum demanded under section 69 and there is reason to believe that he may abscond, or his name and address are unknown and he refuses on demand to give his name and address, or there is reason to believe that name and address given by him is incorrect, any metro railway official or police officer not below the rank of head constable, or any other person whom such metro railway official may call to his aid, may, without warrant or written authority, arrest him.
(2) A person so arrested shall be produced before the nearest Magistrate, having authority to try him or commit him for trial, as early as possible but within a period not exceeding twenty-four hours, exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the court of the Magistrate.
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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
