Section 180: Arrest of persons likely to abscond, etc.

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

(1) If any person who commits any offence under this Act, other than an offence mentioned in [sub-section (2) of section 179], or is liable to pay any excess charge or other sum demanded under section 138, fails or refuses to give his name and address or there is reason to believe that the name and address given by him are fictitious or that he will abscond, [the officer authorised] may arrest him without warrant or written authority.

(2) [The officer authorised] may call to his aid any other person to effect the arrest under sub-section (1).

(3) Any person arrested under this section shall be produced before the nearest Magistrate within a period of twenty-four hours of such arrest excluding the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the court of the Magistrate unless he is released earlier on giving bail or if his true name and address are ascertained on executing a bond without sureties for his appearance before the Magistrate having jurisdiction to try him for the offence.

(4) The provisions of Chapter XXIII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), shall, so far as may be, apply to the giving of bail and the execution of bonds under this section.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Railways Act, 1989
Section	180
Marginal note	Arrest of persons likely to abscond, etc.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "section 179" (w.e.f. 1-7-2004).
substituted. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for certain words (we.f. 1-7-2004).
substituted. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "The railway servant or the police officer" (w.e.f. 1-7-2004).

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