Section 88 of the Railways Act, 1989 – Definitions

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Section 88: Definitions

Definitions.

In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “essential commodity” means an essential commodity as defined in clause (a) of section 2 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955); (b) “notified station” means a station declared to be a notified station under section 89; (c) “State Government”, in relation to a notified station, means the Government of the State in which such station is situated, or where such station is situated in a Union territory, the administrator of that Union territory appointed under article 239 of the Constitution.

Source: official text of The Railways Act, 1989 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Railways Act, 1989.

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