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, ,I , , 8 THE GAZETIEOF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS NOTIFICATlON New Delhi'. ,the gt~ August, i,"O.O} .... . ;~~ '" C.S.R. 646(E).-ln exercise of the powers conferred by section 129 of the Railways Act, 1989(44 qf 1989)! read with ' sect.ion 22 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), the Central Government hereby mal<.es the following rules, namely:- 1, Short title and commencement·- (1) These rules may be called ,the Railway Passengers (Manner of Investigation of Untoward Incidents) Rules, 2003.
(2) They shall come into force, on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions ~ (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) 'Act' means the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989);
(b) 'Claims Tribunal' means Tribunal constituted under the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987;
(c) 'diary' means the station diary being maintained by the Station Sup~rintendent for recording daily events happened at t,he station;
(d) 'DivisionalOffjce' means the divisional headquarter of the Zonal Railway;
(e) IDivisional RaHway Manager' means the administrative in-charge of the divisional office;
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means Divisional 'Form' means the form appended to these rules; .
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'Inquest Report' ineane the report prepared by the police Containing details of. incident;
'Jama "falashi' me~ns' '~rye report ',about the l'recovery of , any belongings 'Of the 'person 'affected by the' untoward incident;
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(k) 'Police' means a State-Pofice;
(I) 'Station .S~perinte·nd.ent' ind,udes Oep~ty; Station . Superintendent, Station Master arid As~~sta'1t '~tation Master or other officer being in-chargeofihe sta~ion;
'(m) 'Supervisor ' meamf omcial.,in..charge of the guard or driver or Train Ticket EXaminer booking office;
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'Technical Surv~y' . means $urvey· carrj~outby a team of railway' officials . nominated by the Station Superintendent or any other official being in charge of . ~ailway stati,on; .' ~ -. . , 'Llntoward incidenf :. means' an incident defined under ' clause (c) of sectioo.'123. of the Act; and 'Zonal Railway' m~ans · ... s zonal ~i1way constitlited under section 3 of th'e Act. ;..
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3.Report about untoward incident ... Any railway ' servant, including guard and driv~r of the train, on coming to ,know of the 'occurrence, of an untoward incident, shall' report 'the" incident imm~diately to the,' nearest Station Superinterid~nt.
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. 4~ !.\.. Duties of guard, driver a~d Train Ticket EXaminer.· Any guard or driver or .Train Ticket Examiner!
who is on.duty atthe time of occurrence of untoward incident, shall, . "
(i) immediately arrange for medical assistance to the injured passengers, and Oi} report the occurrence of such incident to the Supervisor in Form-I.
5. Duties of Supervisor- - On receipt of a report in Form I, the SuperVisor shall forward the same to the Divisional RaiiwayManager. '
6. Duties of Station Superintendent. - The Station Supe'rintendent, on receipt of an information about tHe occurren¢e of an untoward incident under.rule 3, shall, - (iJ make necessary entries to this effect in the station diary; .
(ii) arrange for mediCal aSSistance to the injured .
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V~) make oute brief report in .respect of spot of the untoward incident and forward ,copies thereof to' the Divisional Office I Zonal Railways, police and ' in-charge of the Force;
(iv) carry out technical survey of the untoward incident himself' or through his representative;
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(v) depute his representative to assist the force to complete the process of investigation, ,- .
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7. Conducting of investigation and submission of report by the Force,;; {irOn receipt of informatiqn under rule 6, ·an officer of the Force,' hot below the rank of Inspector ..
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(i) ob~ajn . p.opj~s 9f .~he !rque~t report, post mo/tern report and Jar-na Talashl report from the police investJgatiflg the Incident;
(ii) obtain copy of the technical survey carried out by the railway official nominated by the Station . Superintendent;
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(iv) record statem'ent of additional witnesses, if so required;
(v) coHect any other evidence required 'oJ the circumstances of the case.
(2) The officer · of. the Force, on completion of the investigation, shall submit a repo·rt to the authorities ~pecit)ed under sub-rule(2) of rule 10, . " 8, ', . Conducting ·ofinVGstigatlon. and sObm.i~c;lon of report by the, Police· ... (1) The police ,on' receipt of tbe report under Clause . (iii) of rule·. 8; &hiall immediateiy initfate ,investigation and prepar~ inquest report or Injury, r(~port in accordanc~ with the procedure laid dbwn it" Criminal Procedure Code, 19'73; .. ' .
(2) After preparation of report, as mentioned in sLJb-ruie(1), the police shall immediately give clearance certificate for movement of trains from the site of incident So that minimum delay is caused in restoration of train movement.
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