123. Definitions
In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
"accident" means an accident of the nature described in section 124;
"dependant" means any of the following relatives of a deceased passenger, namely:—
the wife, husband, son and daughter, and in case the deceased passenger is unmarried or is a minor, his parent;
the parent, minor brother or unmarried sister, widowed sister, widowed daughter-in-law and a minor child of a pre-deceased son, if dependant wholly or partly on the deceased passenger;
a minor child of a pre-deceased daughter, if wholly dependant on the deceased passenger;
the paternal grand parent wholly dependant on the deceased passenger;
"untoward incident" means—
(i) the commission of a terrorist act within the meaning of sub-section (1) of section (3) of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (28 of 1987); or
the making of a violent attack or the commission of robbery or dacoity; or
the indulging in rioting, shoot-out or arson, by any person in or on any train carrying passengers, or in a waiting hall, cloak room or reservation or booking office or on any platform or in any other place within the precincts of a railway station; or
the accidental falling of any passenger from a train carrying passengers.
Amendment notes (1)
- Ins w.e.f. 1-8-1994 Ins. by Act 28 of 1994, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-8-1994).