Indian Railways Warehousing and Wharfage Rules 1958 PDF

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1/27/25, 8:41 PM APPENDIX VI FORM OF REPORTS OF TICKETLESS TRAVELS ETC APPENDIX VII GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) No. TCIII/3036/58/Notification New Delhi, dated 28-8-1958. NOTIFICATION In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (f) and (g) of sub-section (1) of section 47 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890) read with the Notification of the Government of India in the Department of Commerce and Industry No. 801. dated the 24th March, 1905, the Railway Board, in supersession of all previous notifications on the subject, sanction with effect from 1-10-1958 the following rates made by them for and to be applicable to the "Central, Eastern. Northern, North Eastern. Northeast Frontier. Southern. South Central, South Eastern and Western Railway systems situated in India" for regulating the terms and conditions on which the said Railway Administrations will warehouse or retain goods and animals at any station on their respective Railway on behalf of the consignee or owner, and for regulating the use of rolling stock, engines and trains on the said Railway by the public. 1. Short Title :—These Rules may be called the Railways (Warehousing and Wharfage) Rules 1958. 1 A. Rules for warehousing and retaining of goods. Wharfage on goods, luggage and parcels (a) Except in the manner and to the extent stated in clause (b) wharfage shall be charged at the rates shown in the following tables :- Note : —The stations will be classified into Group I, II & III, by the zonal railway administrations depending upon the quantum of traffic dealt with in relation to the accommodation available so that the Group I. applies to Goods Depots and large stations dealing with sizeable goods traffic. Group II to medium size stations and Group III to road side stations (b) In respect of consignments arriving at the destination very late, the free time and the rate of wharfage shall https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/IRCTCD/TrafficCommericalDepartmentAppendix7.htm 1/13 1/27/25, 8:41 PM APPENDIX VI FORM OF REPORTS OF TICKETLESS TRAVELS ETC be as provided hereunder :— (i) When a consignment (goods or parcels) reaches the destination after more than two months from the date of booking, the free time to be allowed shall be three days from the date of arrival, including the day of arrival; (ii) the rate of wharfage for the first ten days after expiry of the free time shall be fifty percent of what is otherwise leviable; and (iii) in respect of the subsequent period, namely, the period up to the date of removal of the consignment, the wharfage to be levied shall be in accordance with the rules for the time being in force. 2. Wharfage on carriages, motor cars, boats, motor boats, howdahs and palanquins :— (a) Wharfage shall be charged at a rate not exceeding Rs. 25/- and not below Rs. 10/- per two wheeled, three wheeled or four wheeled carriage, motor car, boat, motor boat, dog-cart and tonga and not exceeding Rs. 10/- per palanquin, dhooly and howdah per day or part of a day left on the premises of a Railway Administration awaiting removal by consignee after the expiration of 24 hours from the time at which they are unloaded. (b) (i) A similar charge as mentioned in (a) above may be made on such carriages, motor cars, etc., brought to premises of a Railway Administration for despatch and awaiting a despatch order from the consigner, after the expiration of 24 hours from the time they are brought to the premises of a Railway Administration. (ii) The Railway Administration will, however, not be responsible in respect of such boats, carriages, etc., which will remain at owner's risk until a railway receipt is granted. 3. Wharfage on animals, poultry and birds:—Wharfage shall be charged on animals, poultry and birds, after the expiration of five hours from the time at which they arc received at a station, at the following rates viz. :— (i) ANIMALS : Forty paise per animal per hour or part of an hour. NOTE :—Wharfage charge is also leviable on sucklings or calves carried free with their parent animals. (ii) POULTRY OR BIRDS IN BASKETS. CRATES OR CAGES : Twenty five paise per 25 cubic decimetres or part thereof per hour or part of an hour. (iii) POULTRY OR BIRDS. OTHERWISE THAN 1N BASKETS. CRATES OR CAGES : Twenty five paise per head per hour or part of an hour. These charges shall be in addition to any expenses entailed in feeding the animals, poultry and birds. Under any circumstances, live animals shall be removed from the Railway Administration's premises within 24 hours from the time of their arrival at destination, failing which they may be disposed of in accordance with the provisions contained in sub-section (2) of Section 56 of the Indian Railways Act. 1890 4. Lost property :—(a) Lost property/found in railway vehicles or on railway premises are, subject to the exception mentioned in clause (a) of rule 17. liable to be sent to the Lost Property office after 48 hours, and will be dealt with in the same manner as unclaimed booked goods. (b) A storage charge not exceeding ten rupee per package or article per month or part of a month during which it remains in the possession of the Railway Administration as Lost Property may be made on all articles received in the Lost Property Office. The month shall be calculated from the date the article is deposited in one month to the previous date in the following month, e.g. from 10th January to 9th February inclusive. 5. Left Luggage Offices or Clock Rooms :—(a) Luggage or parcels may be placed for temporary custody in charge of the Station Masters at certain stations. (b) A left luggage ticket will be given to any person depositing luggage or parcel for custody in a cloak room and delivery will be made to any person presenting such left luggage ticket, after which all responsibility of the Railway Administration in respect of such luggage or parcels shall absolutely cease and determine. The person presenting the ticket must sign his name on the ticket and enter the date. An Indemnity Note shall be executed by the owner in all cases of loss of Left Luggage Tickets. (c) Before a Left Luggage Tickets is given, the Luggage Ticket issued at the forwarding station in the case of luggage received by Railway, must be surrendered. (d) (i) The following charges shall be levied for the period the luggage or parcels remain in a Cloak Room :— For first 24 hrs. or part thereof Rs. 21- per package For next 24 hrs. or part thereof Rs. 4/- per package For each subsequent 24 hrs. or part thereof. Rs. 5/- per package, https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/IRCTCD/TrafficCommericalDepartmentAppendix7.htm 2/13 1/27/25, 8:41 PM APPENDIX VI FORM OF REPORTS OF TICKETLESS TRAVELS ETC (ii) The charges specified in sub-clause (i) shall be calculated from the lime the packages are deposited in the Cloak Room, which will be noted on the Left Luggage Ticket given to the person depositing such packages. NOTE :—For the purpose of this rule, Sundays. Independence Day and Republic Day will not be considered as dies non. (e) The responsibility of the Railways Administration for articles left in cloak room shall be that of a bailee under Sections 151. 152 and 161 of the Indian Contract Act. 1872 (9 of 1872). Articles deposited in cloak rooms, which are unclaimed may. after a period of one month, be transferred to the Lost Property Office and be dealt with as prescribed in the rules for unclaimed packages. II. Rules for Regulating the Use of Rolling Stock, Engines and Trains:— 6. Demurrage on Goods Wagons:—Demurrage shall be charged at the following rates :— https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/IRCTCD/TrafficCommericalDepartmentAppendix7.htm 3/13 1/27/25, 8:41 PM APPENDIX VI FORM OF REPORTS OF TICKETLESS TRAVELS ETC https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/IRCTCD/TrafficCommericalDepartmentAppendix7.htm 4/13 1/27/25, 8:41 PM APPENDIX VI FORM OF REPORTS OF TICKETLESS TRAVELS ETC. https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/IRCTCD/TrafficCommericalDepartmentAppendix7.htm 5/13 1/27/25, 8:41 PM APPENDIX VI FORM OF REPORTS OF TICKETLESS TRAVELS ETC https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/IRCTCD/TrafficCommericalDepartmentAppendix7.htm 6/13 1/27/25, 8:41 PM APPENDIX VI FORM OF REPORTS OF TICKETLESS TRAVELS ETC https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/IRCTCD/TrafficCommericalDepartmentAppendix7.htm 7/13 1/27/25, 8:41 PM APPENDIX VI FORM OF REPORTS OF TICKETLESS TRAVELS ETC https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/IRCTCD/TrafficCommericalDepartmentAppendix7.htm 8/13 1/27/25, 8:41 PM APPENDIX VI FORM OF REPORTS OF TICKETLESS TRAVELS ETC https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/IRCTCD/TrafficCommericalDepartmentAppendix7.htm 9/13 1/27/25, 8:41 PM APPENDIX VI FORM OF REPORTS OF TICKETLESS TRAVELS ETC https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/IRCTCD/TrafficCommericalDepartmentAppendix7.htm 10/13 1/27/25, 8:41 PM APPENDIX VI FORM OF REPORTS OF TICKETLESS TRAVELS ETC (b) (i) Demurrage on passenger carriages and tourist cars and saloons, reserved for the convenience of passengers. Demurrage on passenger carriages and tourist cars and saloons, reserved for the convenience of passengers and not availed of; or availed of but detained by the party at the starting, intermediate or destination station may be charged at the rates specified below, no free time being allowed :— https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/IRCTCD/TrafficCommericalDepartmentAppendix7.htm 11/13 1/27/25, 8:41 PM APPENDIX VI FORM OF REPORTS OF TICKETLESS TRAVELS ETC Type of Vehicle Rate per hour or part of an hour per bogie. BG MG/NG Rs. P Rs. P AC Coach 170.00 140.00 Partial AC Coach 125.00 100.00 Non-AC Coach 100.00 80.00 Minimum Charge 500.00 500.00 (ii) The detention charge will be reckoned from the time the vehicle is made available for use until intimation is received that it is not required. (iii) Once the coach is detained at a station at the request of the party, detention charges should be levied for the entire period of detention of the coach at the station even though a part of the detention may be due to waiting for attachment of the coach to the nominated train. 8. Demurrage on engines A charge not exceeding Rs. 250/- on Standard Gauge and Rs. 150/- on other gauges per hour or part of an hour may be made for the engine of a special train ordered but not availed of. or availed of but detained for the convenience of passengers at the starting station en-route or at destination. III. Calculation of Charges: 9. In calculating wharfage and demurrage charges, such charge would be rounded off to the next higher Re. 1.00 IV. General 10. Railway Administration do not undertake to send notice of arrival of goods, animals, luggage or parcels to consignees and the absence of such notice will not entitle consignees to claim exemption from wharfage or demurrage or storage charges if the goods, animals, luggage or parcels are not removed within the free time allowed. 11. In the event of goods requiring to be loaded or unloaded by owners becoming liable to both demurrage and wharfage charges, the Railway Administration may levy both demurrage and wharfage charges for such period as the goods would be liable to such charges under these rules. 12. Loading/unloading to be done on all days : Loading and unloading of a goods wagon or a coaching by a consignor/consignee on all days including the Sundays, the Republic Day and the Independence day. and no additional free time shall be allowed on account of any such day for charging demurrage. 13. Cases on which Sundays, Republic Day and Independence Day to be treated as Dies-Non : Any Sunday, the Republic Day or the Independence Day shall not be reckoned in calculating free lime for removal of goods from the railway premises, and for charging wharfage, except in the following cases, namely :— (a) animals, poultry, birds and perishable goods; (b) when a Railway Administration notifies by displaying a notice on the Station Notice Board to the effect that any station or goods shed or siding shall be open on Sundays for booking of delivery of all goods and parcels or any specific category of goods and parcels, no additional free time shall be allowed at such notified stations, goods sheds or sidings on account of Sundays which shall be reckoned in charging wharfage. However, the Republic Day and the Independence Day shall not be reckoned in charging wharfage. 14. Save as otherwise provided in these rules, the wharfage shall be calculated as under :— (1) On the actual weight of the consignment, if the weight of the consignment is known; (ii) On the chargeable weight of the consignment, (a) if the weight of the consignment is not known, and (b) if the consignment is covered by sub-rule (1) of rule of rule-164 of the general rule relating to goods tariff. 15. (1) The Railway Administration may, if and for so long the state of traffic or any sudden emergency makes it necessary and after notifying the intention to do so by exhibiting notices on the Notice Boards available in the goods sheds and parcel offices, levy the higher wharfage charge of Rupees 5.50 per fifty kilograms or part thereof per day or part of a day on non-bulk commodities in the goods sheds and on parcel and luggage traffic of every https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/IRCTCD/TrafficCommericalDepartmentAppendix7.htm 12/13 1/27/25, 8:41 PM APPENDIX VI FORM OF REPORTS OF TICKETLESS TRAVELS ETC description in the parcel offices, a higher wharfage charge of Rs. 110 per tonne or part of a tonne per day or part of a day for goods in bulk, and a higher demurrage charge of Rupees 5.50 per tonne or part of a tonne per hour or part of an hour in respect of both goods wagons and coaching vehicles. (2) The higher rates of wharfage and demurrage shall be applicable forty-eight hours after the notice is displayed on the Notice Boards in accordance with sub-rule (1). 16. The consignee must take delivery of goods, animals, parcels or luggage forming part of a consignment whenever they are available for delivery notwithstanding that the remaining part of the consignment is short or damaged or has not arrived at the destination or is otherwise not available for delivery, and if the consignee does not take delivery of such goods, animals, parcels or luggage forming part of a consignment as are available for delivery, they will be subject to wharfage charges if not removed within the free time. V. Treatment and Disposal of Unclaimed Booked Goods, Luggage and Parcels 17. (a) Subject to the exception mentioned in rule (e) below, unclaimed goods, parcels and luggage will be kept on hand at the station to which booked for a period of not less than seven days during which time the notice prescribed in sub-section (1) of section 84 of the Railways Act, 1989 will be issued if the owner of the goods or person entitled thereto is known. (b) if not taken delivery of within a period of seven days after receipt at the station to which booked, unclaimed goods, luggage and parcels are liable to be sent to the unclaimed goods or Lost Property Office or elsewhere and dealt with as laid down in clause (f) below. (c) Unclaimed articles are liable to the wharfage and demurrage charges herein referred to, as well as to all freight and special expenditure incurred by the railway on account of their custody and disposal. (d) Where articles such as arms, ammunition. explosives and other dangerous goods, intoxicating liquers, opium and its preparations and hemp drugs, the sale of which by unlicensed persons is prohibited by law, are left unclaimed in the possession of the Railway, they will be made over to the police or excise authorities for disposal under the laws affecting the articles. When not of a dangerous, perishable or offensive character, they will, however, be retained in the possession of the Railway for the same period as that prescribed for other unclaimed articles. This rule, in so far as it relates to explosives, is supplemental to, and not in modification of the rules made under the Indian Explosives Act, 1884. https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/IRCTCD/TrafficCommericalDepartmentAppendix7.htm 13/13