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Section 85: Disposal of perishable consignments in certain circumstances.

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

(1) Where by reason of any flood, land-slip, breach of any lines of rails, collision between trains, derailment of, or other accident to a train or any other cause, traffic on any route is interrupted and there is no likelihood of early resumption of such traffic, nor is there any other reasonable route whereby traffic of perishable consignment may be diverted to prevent, loss or deterioration of, or damage to, such consignment, the railway administration may sell them in the manner provided in clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 83.

(2) The railway administration shall, out of the sale proceeds received under sub-section (1), retain a sum equal to the freight and other charges including expenses for the sale due to it and the surplus, if any, of such sale proceeds, shall be rendered to the person entitled thereto.

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ActThe Railways Act, 1989
Section85
Marginal noteDisposal of perishable consignments in certain circumstances.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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