THE RAILWAYS ACT, 1989 – Chapter X – Section 88

Chapter X
Special Provisions as to Goods Booked to Notified Stations

88. Definitions
In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:-

(a) “Essential commodity” means an essential commodity as defined in clause (a) of section 2 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955);
(b) “Notified station” means a station declared to be a notified station under section 89;
(c) “State Government”, in relation to a notified station, means the Government of the State in which such station is situated, or where such station is situated in a Union territory, the administrator of that Union territory appointed under article 239 of the Constitution.

Forward reference⇒Section 89