Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Ins. by Act 11 of 2008, s. 2 (w.e.f. 31-1-2008). 10 (14) “fare” means the charge levied for the carriage of passengers; (15) “ferry” includes a bridge of boats, pontoons or rafts, a swing bridge, a fly-bridge and a temporary bridge and the approaches to, and landing places of, a ferry; (16) “forwarding note” means the document executed under section 64; (17) “freight” means the charge levied for the carriage of goods including transhipment charges, if any; (18) “General Manager” means the General Manager of a Zonal Railway appointed under section 4; (19) “goods” includes— (i) containers, pallets or similar articles of transport used to consolidate goods; and (ii) animals; (20) “Government railway” means a railway owned by the Central Government; (21) “in transit”, in relation to the carriage of goods by railway, means the period between the commencement and the termination of transit of such goods, and unless otherwise previously determined— (a) transit commences as soon as the railway receipt is issued or the consignment is loaded, whichever is earlier; (b) transit terminates on the expiry of the free time allowed for unloading of consignment from any rolling stock and where such unloading has been completed within such free time, transit terminates on the expiry of the free time allowed, for the removal of the goods from the railway premises; (22) “level crossing” means an inter-section of a road with lines of rails at the same level; (23) “luggage” means the goods of a passenger either carried by him in his charge or entrusted to a railway administration for carriage; (24) “lump sum rate” means the rate mutually agreed upon between a railway administration and a consignor for the carriage of goods and for any service in relation to such carriage; (25) “non-Government railway” means a railway other than a Government railway; (26) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette; 1[(26A) “officer authorised” means an officer authorised by the Central Government under sub-section (2) of section 179;] (27) “parcel” means goods entrusted to a railway administration for carriage by a passenger or a parcel train; (28) “pass” means an authority given by the Central Government or a railway administration to a person allowing him to travel as a passenger, but does not include a ticket; (29) “passenger” means a person travelling with a valid pass or ticket; 2[(29A) “ person interested” includes,— (i) all persons claiming an interest in compensation to be made on account of the acquisition of land under this Act; (ii) tribals and other traditional forest dwellers, who have lost any traditional rights recognised under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (2 of 2007);