Section No : Legislative Enactments SRI LANKA RAILWAYS AUTHORITYMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Sri Lanka Railways Authority Act, No, 60 of 1993, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette. Different dates may be appointed in respect of different provisions of this Act, and accordingly, any reference in any provision of this Act, to "the appointed date" shall be construed as a reference to the date appointed under this section for the coming into operation of that provision.2. The Sri Lanka Railways Authority. 3. Constitution of the Board of Directors of the Railways Authority. 4. Primary function of the Railways Authority. 5. Other functions of the Railways Authority. 6. Powers and duties of the Railways Authority. 7. Powers of the Minister in relation to the Railways Authority. 8. Delegation of powers to Chairman and delegation of powers by Chairman to officers and servants. 9. Managing Director. 10. Chief Finance Manager. 11. Notice required to be given by public officers of the Railways Department before the appointed date. 12. Effect of not giving notice or giving notice under section 11 (a). 13. Effect of a notice given under sub-paragraphs (ii) to (v) of paragraph (a) of section 11. 14. Special provisions applicable to certain officers of the Railways Authority. 15. Special provisions applicable to certain persons who continue as public officers in the Railways Department on and after the appointed date while performing the work for and on behalf of the Railways Authority in their capacity as such officers*. 16. Transfer to the Railway Authority of all property of the Railways Department.17. Power of the Minister to vest State land In the Railways Authority. 18. Acquisition of immovable property under the Land Acquisition Act for the Railways Authority. 19. The Fund of the Railways Authority. 20. Railways Authority Stock. 21. Government guarantee. 22. Applications of the provision of the Finance act 38 of 1971. 23. Borrowing powers of the Board. 24. Capital investments. 25. Application of the revenue of the Railway Authority. 26. Appropriation of act surplus revenue of the Railways Authority. 27. Operations of reserves of the Railways Authority. 28. Accounts. 29. Audit of accounts. 30. Annual Report. 31. Contracts. 32. Members, officers and servants of the Railways Authority to be public servants for the purposes of the Penal Code. 33. Railways Authority to be a scheduled, institution within the meaning at Bribery Act. 34. Seal of the Railways Authority. 35. Protection of action. 36. Amendment of the State Lands (Recovery of Possession) Act. No. 7 of 1979. 37. Amendment of the Railways Ordinance. (Chapter 200) 38. Regulations. 39. Interpretation. 40. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.