The Railways Act, 1989 149Chapter XV · Penalties and Offences
Section 149 · Making a false claim for compensation
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If any person requiring compensation from a railway
administration for loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery of any consignment makes a
claim which is false or which he knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true, he shall be
punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
The offence at a glance
- Maximum punishment
- 3 years
- Fine
- Fine — no statutory ceiling, the court decides
- Cognizable
- Cognizable
- Bailable
- Non-bailable
- Compoundable
- Not compoundable
- Triable by
- Magistrate of the first class
- Cognizable — Police may arrest without a warrant
- Non-bailable — Bail is at the court's discretion
Derived from the First Schedule Part II rule — not listed section by section
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