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Section 59: Communications between passengers and railway servant in charge of train.

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

A railway administration shall provide and maintain in every train carrying passengers, such efficient means of communication between the passengers and the railway servant in charge of the train as may be approved by the Central Government:

Provided that where the railway administration is satisfied that the means of communication provided in a train are being misused, it may cause such means to be disconnected in that train for such period as it thinks fit:

Provided further that the Central Government may specify the circumstances under which a railway administration may be exempted from providing such means of communication in any train.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Railways Act, 1989
Section59
Marginal noteCommunications between passengers and railway servant in charge of train.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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