Section 139: Power to remove persons.

The Railways Act, 1989Central Act · Act 24 of 1989

Any person failing or refusing to pay the fare and the excess charge referred to in section 138 may be removed by any railway servant authorised in this behalf who may call to his aid any other person to effect such removal:

Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude a person removed from a carriage of a higher class from continuing his journey in a carriage of a class for which he holds a pass or ticket:

Provided further that a woman or a child if unaccompanied by a male passenger, shall not be so removed except either at the station from where she or he commences her or his journey or at a junction or terminal station or station at the headquarters of a civil district and such removal shall be made only during the day.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Railways Act, 1989
Section	139
Marginal note	Power to remove persons.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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