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Inspector, Government Railway Police; the guard should give a memo to the Station Master on duty who should get the wagon sealed

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD)

INDIAN RAILWAY COMMERCTAL MANUAL
VOLUME II

CHAPTERS RELATING TO GOODS TRAFFIC AND MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS
THIRD EDITION
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS

1991

PREFACE

his Volume of Indian Railway Commercial Manual Comprises of rules and instructions relating
to goods traffic and other miscellaneous matters pertaining to the Commercial active ties of the
railways. It is based on the provisions contained in the various Railway codes and rules

and orders issued by the Railway Board from time to time. Shri Arun Kumar Khanna,
Commercial Inspector (Marketing), Railway Board, Shri R.S. Yadav, Commercial Inspector, Zonal
raining School, Chanduasi and Shri Om Parkash Khurana Commercial Inspector (Marketing),
Railway Board have rendered valuable assistance in updating the provisions in the Manual.

2. It is expected that with the issue of this Commercial Manual, Commercial procedures on
all Indian Railways will be set to a uniform pattern, thereby facilitating dealings with the
trading community.

3. The provisions of this Manual do not supersede, alter or substitute the rules and instructions
contained in the statutory publications like Acts, Codes, Conference Rules, Trariffs, etc.

Errors, discrepancies and omissions, if any, noticed in this edition should be brought to the notice
of the Railway Board.

Rail Bhavan, S.K. MALIK,
New Delhi Director, Commercial

October 16, 1991 Railway Board

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6/18/2020 CHAPTER XIV BOOKING OF GOODS TRAFFIC 1401
CHAPTER XIV
BOOKING OF GOODS TRAFFIC

1401. Forms of forwarding notes.—(a) As mentioned in Para 901, the following forms of forwarding notes have been
approved by the Central Government for use over Indian Railways and appear in the I. R. C. A. Goods Tariff, Red Tariff and
Military Tariff concerned :—

(i) Forwarding note for dangerous goods.

ii) Forwarding note for animals/or general merchandine other than dangerous goods.

(iii) Forwarding note for explosive tendered by Defence Services.

These forms are available at all railway stations, city booking offices/agencies and out-agencies open for booking of goods traffic.

(b) Separate farms of forwarding notes have also been approved by the Central Government for use in connection with. "weight
only" coal and ore traffic. These forms are available at all railway stations open for boaking of coal and ore traffic or "weight only"
system.

1402. Execution of forwarding notes,—(a) Every consignment of goods, when brought to a station, city booking office, out-
agency, etc., for despatch by goods train, should invariably be accompanied by a forwarding note in the appropriate form, which
must be signed by the consignor, and must contain a declaration of the number, weight and description of the articles (sufficient
to determine the rate chargeable) as also the private marks (except in the case of goods loose and/or in bulk), the name and
address of the cansignor and consignee, the destination stations (together with name of the railway on which it is situated) and
the route by which the goods are to be booked. All other entries in the form must also be clearly and legibly filled in.

(b) The forwarding notes tendered at a station must be numbered serially commencing with No. 1 on ist April and 1st October
each year.

(c) Under the provisions of Section 64 of the Railways Act 1989 :

(1) Every person entrusting any goods to a railway administration for carriage shall execute a forwarding
note in such form as may be specified by the Central Government :

Provided that 00 forwarding note shall be executed in the case of such goods as may be prescribed.
(2) The consignor shall be responsible for the correctness of the particulars furnished by him m the forwarding note.

(3) The consignor shall indemnify the railway administration against any da

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