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Section 55: Prohibition against travelling without pass or ticket
Prohibition against travelling without pass or ticket.
(1) No person shall enter or remain in any carriage on a railway for the purpose of travelling therein as a passenger unless he has with him a proper pass or ticket or obtained permission of a railway servant authorised in this behalf for such travel.
(2) A person obtaining permission under sub-section (1) shall ordinarily get a certificate from the railway servant referred to in that sub-section that he has been permitted to travel in such carriage on condition that he subsequently pays the fare payable for the distance to be travelled.
Source: official text of The Railways Act, 1989 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Railways Act, 1989.