Nepal Railway Act, 2022

Chapter-1

Preliminary

1. Short Title and Commencement: (1) This Act may be cited as the "Nepal Railway Act, 2079".

(2) This Act shall commence immediately. 2. Definitions: Unless the subject or context otherwise requires, in this Act,-

(a) "Authority Letter" means a travel authority letter issued pursuant to Sub-section (2) of Section 23.

(b) "Carriage" means the carriage of luggage or goods by rail.

(c) "Carriage Charge" means the charge levied for the carriage of luggage or goods, and said term also includes any charge applicable for loading, unloading, or transshipment of goods.

(d) "Prescribed" or "as prescribed" means prescribed or as prescribed in the rules or regulations made under this Act.

(e) "Consignee" means the person named as the consignee in the railway receipt.

(f) "Consignor" means the person named as the consignor in the railway receipt, and said term also includes the person who entrusts goods to the Board for carriage as a consignor.

(g) "Board" means the Nepal Railway Board established pursuant to Section 3.

(h) "Fare" means the fare amount charged for providing railway service to a passenger.

(i) "Tariff Book" means the railway Tariff Book as per Section 14.

(j) "Ministry" means the Ministry of the Government of Nepal dealing with railway matters.

(k) "Goods" means containers, pallets, live animals, or any other goods or commodities, and said term also includes similar means or contrivances used for the consolidation of any animals or commodities for the purpose of carriage.

(l) "Passenger" means a person who travels by means of a train upon purchasing a ticket or obtaining an Authority Letter.

(m) "Luggage" means the belongings carried by a passenger with themselves during the course of travel, and said term also includes luggage registered and entrusted to the Board.

(n) "Train" means a public vehicle running on a track with the aid of machinery, and said term also includes metro rail and monorail.

(o) "Railway" means a train or any part thereof used for the carriage of passengers or the conveyance of luggage or goods, and said term includes the following items, apparatus, structures, or means:-

(1) Land, trees, boundary marks, walls relating to the railway,
(2) The track or any part of such track, and trains, engines, and all related materials running on said track,
(3) Sidings, yards, and branches used for railway purposes,
(4) Apparatus constructed for all types of electricity supply and distribution used for railway purposes,
(5) Rolling stock, stations, offices, warehouses, workshops, hospitals, security posts, factories, machinery and tools, roads and lanes, inspection rooms, rest houses, water taps, water supply apparatus, staff quarters, passenger dining halls, schools established for the families of staff, and other construction structures built for railway purposes, or
(6) Vehicles put into use for railway purposes on any road.

(p) "Railway Administrator" means the Railway Administrator appointed pursuant to Section 56.

(q) "Railway Receipt" means the receipt issued by the Board after accepting goods for carriage.

(r) "Railway Station" means the place where a train stops for boarding and alighting passengers and loading and unloading goods.

(s) "Demurrage Charge" means the charge payable for keeping goods at any place within the railway after the allowed time for keeping such goods has expired.

(t) "Forwarding Note" means the forwardong note determined pursuant to Section 38 for the carriage of goods.

(u) "Station Office" means the Station Office of the Board.

(v) "Station Master" means the employee of the Board designated to work as the head of the Station Office.