| 1.
| | This Ordinance may be cited as the Railways Ordinance. |
| 2.
| | Appointment of General Manager and other officers and clerks. |
| 3.
| | Rules.[2,20 of 1971.] |
| 4.
| | Rules to be laid before Parliament |
| 4A.
| | Operation of rules relating to charges fur conveyance of passengers and goods. [4,20 of 1971.] |
| 5.
| | Fares to be prepaid. Passenger tickets to be given up on demand, |
| 6.
| | Fare to be accepted conditionally. |
| 7.
| | Penalties for certain offences. |
| 8.
| | Enforcing payment of fare by passenger not producing ticket |
| 9.
| | Fine for entering carriage in motion or riding on the step. |
| 10.
| | Smoking. &c, and chewing of betel prohibited. |
| 11.
| | Persons afflicted with smallpox or other contagious disease not allowed to travel |
| 12.
| | Penalty for intoxication or nuisance. |
| 13.
| | Penalty for entering private room or carriage. |
| 13A.
| | Penalty for occupying seats clergy [ 2, 7 of 1966] |
| 14.
| | Fine for riding on engine, tender, or luggage van. |
| 15.
| | Liability for goods lost, destroyed, or injured. |
| 16.
| | Notification of claims to compensation for loss or to refunds of overcharges. |
| 17.
| | Goods accepted conditionally. |
| 18.
| | Carriage of goods of a dangerous nature. |
| 19.
| | Written account of goods to be given on demand. |
| 20.
| | Penalty for giving no account or false account. |
| 21.
| | Remedy for non-payment carriage of goods. |
| 22.
| | Examination of articles from overseas received by the railway at Talaimannar for the purpose of customs duty. |
| 23.
| | Penalty for removing stakes or pegs, or declaim marks. |
| 24.
| | Penalty for damage, willful or negligent. |
| 25.
| | Penalty for removing documents or notices. |
| 26.
| | Obstructing engine or carriages, or endangering safety of passengers. |
| 27.
| | Penalty for wilful Act or omission endangering passenger. |
| 28.
| | Penalty for rash or negligent act. |
| 29.
| | Penalty for a drunkenness or breach of duty by railway officials. |
| 30.
| | Breach of rules |
| 31.
| | Penalty for trespass. |
| 32.
| | Precaution if the railway cross a road. [ 2,41 of 1961,] |
| 33.
| | "Minor crossings |
| 34.
| | " Occupation crossings ". |
| 34A.
| | Power of railway official to enter upon any land and cut down trees. |
| 35.
| | Penalty for driving an animal upon or across the railway |
| 36.
| | Liability of owner of trespassing animals |
| 37.
| | Rules for the construction of the Ordinance |
| 38.
| | Apprehension of offenders. |
| 39.
| | Jurisdiction of Magistrates. |
| 40.
| | Cases may be tried before Magistrates courts, though otherwise beyond their jurisdiction |
| 41.
| | Punishment of children for breach of Ordinance |
| 42.
| | A copy and translation of Ordinance to be exhibited at railway stations. |
| 43.
| | Rebate to be granted on freight. |
| 44.
| | Interpretation. |
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