LawgistThe Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act
1Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
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1 1st April, 1968, vide notification No. S.O. 1225, dated 1st April, 1968, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
All sections
- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Penalty for theft, dishonest misappropriation or unlawful possession of railway property
- 4 Punishment for abetment, conspiracy or connivance at offences
- 5 Offences under the Act not to be cognizable
- 6 Power to arrest without warrant
- 7 Disposal of persons arrested
- 8 Inquiry how to be made
- 9 Power to summon persons to give evidence and produce documents
- 10 Issue of search warrant
- 11 Searches and arrests how to be made
- 12 Officers required to assist
- 13 Power of courts to order forfeiture of vehicles, etc
- 14 Act to override other laws
- 15 Construction of references to laws not in force in Jammu and Kashmir
- 16 Repeal and savings
