Conduct Rule No.13A: Dowry

13(A)  Dowry:-

No Railway servant shall;

(i)    Give or take or abet the giving or taking of dowry; or

(ii)    Demand directly or indirectly, from the parents or guardian of a bride or bridegroom, as the case may be, any dowry.

Explanations:- For the purpose of this rule ‘dowry’ has the same meaning as in the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.

In this Act, ‘dowry’ means any property or valuable security given or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly;

(a)   By one party to a marriage to the other party to marriage; or

(b)   By the parents of either party to a marriage or by any other person, to either party to the marriage or to any other person;

at or before or after the marriage as consideration for the marriage of the said parties, but does not include dower or Mahr in the case of persons to whom the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) applies.

Explanations:-

I.   For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that any presents made at the time of a marriage to either party to the marriage in the form of cash, ornaments, clothes or other articles shall not be deemed to be dowry within the meaning of this section, unless they are made as consideration for the marriage of the said parties.

II.  The expression ‘Valuable security’ has the same meaning as in Section 30 of the Indian Penal Code.