Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966 and Procedure (As Amended by Act No. 25 of 2012, w.e.f. 15.08.2012)

Along with Protection Force Act, 1957
Railway Protection Force Rules, 1987
Directives and Standing Orders
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Description
Long awaited amendments in R.P. (U.P.) Act have come up after 46 years in 2012 for better Railway Protection. The RPF has been empowered to deal with the additional offences of Theft, Dishonest misappropriation and abetment, conspiracy thereof relating to railway property. Never before, in the history of criminal law legislation, a non-police organisation like RPF has been trusted so much by the Parliament. This amending Act of 2012 has some ingredients of Section 5 of the T.A.D.A. Where confession recorded by RPF can be used not only against the co-accused in one case but in other cases also under certain circumstances. (Surya Rao v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2001 SC 143). Since no judicial pronouncement of higher courts are available on the latest R.P. (U.P.) Act, Amending Act of 2012, inferences have to be drawn from Police cases under the Doctrine of Necessary Implication. Besides, all the necessary decisions of High Courts and Supreme Court have been added and case studies have supplemented the provision of laws to explain the binding nature of the Special Act with formats. 
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Table of Contents
Section 1 : Short Title, extent and Conmencement
Section 2 : Definition
Section 3 : Penalty for theft, Dishonest, misappropriation or Unlawful Possession of Railway Property
Section 4 : Punishment for abetment, conspiracy or Connivance at Offence
Section 5 : Offences under the Act not to be Congbizable
Section 6 : Power to arrest with out Warrent
Section 7 : Disposal of Person arrested
Section 8 : Inquiry how to be Made
Section 9 : Power to Summon Persons to give evidence and Produce Documents
Section 10 : Issue of Search Warrant
Section 11 : Searches and arrests how to be made
Section 12 : Officers required to assist
Section 13 : Powers of Courts to order forfeiture of Vehicles
Section 14 : Act to Override other Laws
Section 15 : Construction of refernces to laws not in force in Jammu and Kashmir 
Section 16 : Repeal and Savings
Allied Laws
1. The Railway Protection Force Act, 1957
2. The Railway Protection Force Rules, 1987
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Author Details
Professor Hasan Askari
Foreword by
S.P. Srivastav, I.P.S. (Rtd. ), Ex-Director General of Police, U.P., Former-Chief Security Commissioner,
N.E. Railway, N.F. Railway and Central Reilway