REGISTERED No. D. 221
The Gazette 
of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 23] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, August 30, 1957/Bhadra 8, 1879
MINISTRY OF LAW
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 30 th August, 1957
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 29th August , 1957, and is hereby published for general information:—
THE RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE ACT, 1957
No. 23 OF 1957
An Act to provide for the constitution and regulation of a Force called the Railway Protection Force for the better protection and security of railway property.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
Short title, extent and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Railway Protection Force Act, 1957.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Definitions. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
- (a) "Force" means the Railway Protection Force constituted under section 3;
- (b) "Inspector-General" means the Inspector-General of the Force appointed under section 4;
- (c) "member of the Force" means a person appointed to the Force under this Act other than a superior officer;
- (d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
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