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Section 13: Protection for Government property
Protection for Government property.
Nothing in sections 11 and 12 shall authorise— (a) a railway administration of the Government railway to do anything on or to any works, lands or buildings vested in, or in the possession of, a State Government without the consent of that Government; and (b) a railway administration of a non-Government railway to do anything on or to any works, lands or buildings vested in, or in the possession of, the Central Government or a State Government, without the consent of the Government concerned.
Source: official text of The Railways Act, 1989 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Railways Act, 1989.