Section 52
Written account of goods to be given on demand
State EnactmentIn forceProvision 51 of 92
Section 52
(1)
The owner or person having the care of any goods other than passenger’s luggage, which shall have been carried upon the railway, or shall be brought to the premises appertaining to the railway for the purpose of being carried on the railway, shall, on demand by any railway official, deliver to such official an exact account in writing, signed by him, of the number, quantity and description of such goods.
(2)
Any such owner or person wilfully giving a false account of such goods in subsection (1) with intent to avoid full payment of the railway tariff chargeable thereon shall be liable to pay double the amount of such tariff.