THE RAILWAYS ACT, 1989 – Chapter XII – Section 113

Chapter XII
Accidents

113. Notice of Railway Accident
(1) Where, in the course of working a railway:-

(a) Any accident attended with loss of any human life, or with grievous hurt, as defined in the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), or with such serious injury to property as may be prescribed; or
(b) Any collision between trains of which one is a train carrying passengers; or
(c) The derailment of any train carrying passengers, or of any part of such train; or
(d) Any accident of a description usually attended with loss of human life or with such grievous hurt as aforesaid or with serious injury to property; or
(e) Any accident of any other description which the Central Government may notify in this behalf in the Official Gazette,
occurs, the station master of the station nearest to the place at which the accident occurs or where there is no station master, the railway servant in charge of the section of the railway on which the accident occurs, shall, without delay, give notice of the accident to the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police, within whose jurisdiction the accident occurs, the officer in charge of the police station within the local limits of which the accident occurs and to such other Magistrate or police officer as may be appointed in this behalf by the Central Government.

(2) The railway administration within whose jurisdiction the accident occurs, as also the railway administration to whom the train involved in the accident belongs, shall without delay, give notice of the accident to the State Government and the Commissioner having jurisdiction over the place of the accident.

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