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The station staff taking over passengers from the Traveling Ticket Examiners

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544. Handing over memo.—Passengers detected Traveling without tickets by
‘Traveling Ticket Examiners and who deciine to pay the charges due to the railway,
‘should be handed over to the station staff for recovery of the amount due with a
Handing Over Memo in Form Com./P-20 Rey. These forms are machine numbered,
printed and supplied in sets of four foils marked ‘Bloc
"DRM The foil marked 'Block is retained by the Traveling Ticket Examiner, Station’
foil is made over to the station staff along with the passenger, Accounts’ foil is
‘sent to the Traffic Accounts Office and the foil marked ‘DRM is sent to the
Divisional Office. The signature of the station staff should be obtained on the
'Block’foil. The station staff should advise the Divisional and Traffic Accounts
(Offices the result of the action taken and whether the passenger deciined to pay or
\was unable to pay, and whether prosecution was launched to recover the railway
\dues. The result of prosecution, if launched, on receipt from the Magistrate, should
bbe intimated to the Divisional Rly Manager and the Traffic Accounts Office.

‘The handing over mema, books should be treated like other money value books in
the matter of custody, issue and supply.

545. At stations where Ticket Collectors are employed, passengers detected
jtraveling without tickets should be handed over to them and at other stations to
the Station Master on duty. If neither of them is at hand, the passengers should be
handed over to the Booking Clerk. The person taking over the passenger will be
ipersonally responsible to ensure that the fares are realized through the proper
‘sources. He should, at the time of taking over the passenger, ask him whether he
admits, his liability of to produce his ticket if he has one, warning him that the
'subsequent-production of the ticket after the Traveling Ticket Examiner had left,
{would not be accepted.

'546. The station staff taking over passengers from the Traveling Ticket Examiners
‘should demand from such passengers the amount of fare and the excess charge
\due and, on collection, issue an excess fare ticket, reference to the ticket being
inoted on the reverse of the foil of the handing over memo. If, however, the
ipassenger fails to meet the demand and is a known man or there is no reason to
believe that the name and address given by him are incorrect, an application
‘should be made to the Court, within whose jurisdiction the passenger is found
jtraveling irregularly, to realize from him the amount of the fare and the excess
‘charge due. If the passenger failing to meet the demand, is unknown or gives 8
iname or address which there is reason to belleve is incorrect, the railway servant
‘may arrest him and have him taken with in twenty-four hours of such arrest
lexcluding the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the court
|of Magistrate unless he is released earlier on bail before the nearest Magistrate
with a charge sheet in Form Com./C-12 Rev. (see para 541)

'547. Passengers to be made over at headquarter station of railway police. —As far
las possible, passengers who decline or fail to pay up railway dues should be made
lover at the headquarter station of the railway police or at a Railway Police Outpost
where Magistrates are available to try such cases. If necessary, the defaulting
passengers may be carried beyond the destination station upto the station where
{the Government Ralivay Police are posted for being handed over forthe recovery
if railway dues.

'548. Accountal of handing over memo.—(a) The station should, as in other cases
\of realization of railway dues, check the amount mentioned on the handing over
Imemo when dealing with passengers handed over to them by the Traveling Ticket
IExaminers/Inspectors. The staff realizing the amount wil be lied responsible for
incorrect charges recovered, if any

(b) The station staff should maintain a register prescribed for the purpose in which
{ull particulars of handing over memo showin

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