Railways Act, 1989
← Railways Act, 1989
VIII — CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS · Section 55

Prohibition against travelling without pass or ticket

Not yet verified with the latest version of the bare act.
Text as per India Code

(1) No person shall enter or remain in any carriage on a railway for the purpose of travelling therein as a passenger unless he has with him a proper pass or ticket or obtained permission of a railway servant authorised in this behalf for such travel.

(2) A person obtaining permission under sub-section (1) shall ordinarily get a certificate from the railway servant referred to in that sub-section that he has been permitted to travel in such carriage on condition that he subsequently pays the fare payable for the distance to be travelled.

Judgments on Section 55