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section (2) shall be a sum equal to the ordinary single fare referred to in that sub-section or fifty rupees, whichever is more

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section (2) shall be a sum equal to the ordinary single fare referred to in that sub-section or fifty rupees, whichever is more he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine

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PENALTIES AND OFFENCES 
 
137.Fraudulently travelling or attempting to travel without proper pass orticket. 
 
137. Fraudulently travelling or attempting to travel without proper pass or ticket.- (1) If any 
person, with intent to defraud a railway administration,-- 
 
(a) enters or remains in any carriage on a railway or travels in a train in contravention of section 
55, or 
 
(b) uses or attempts to use a single pass or a single ticket which has already been used on a 
previous journey, or in the case of a return ticket, a half thereof which has already been so used, 
 
he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with 
fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both: 
 
Provided that in the absence of special and adequate reasons to the contrary to be mentioned in 
the judgment of the court, such punishment shall not be less than a fine of five hundred rupees. 
 
(2) The person referred to in sub-section (1) shall also be liable to pay the excess charge 
mentioned in sub-section (3) in addition to the ordinary single fare for the distance which he has 
travelled, or where there is any doubt as to the station from which he started, the ordinary single 
fare from the station from which the train originally started, or if the tickets of passengers 
travelling in the train have been examined since the original starting of the train, the ordinary 
single fare from the place where the tickets were so examined or, in case of their having been 
examined more than once, were last examined. 
 
295.(3) The excess charge referred to in sub-section (2) shall be a sum equal to the ordinary 
single fare referred to in that sub-section or fifty rupees, whichever is more. 
 
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 65 of the 
Indian Penal Code (45 of 1960), the court convicting an offender may direct that the person in 
default of payment of any fine inflicted by the court shall suffer imprisonment for a term which 
may extend to six months. 
 
138.Levy of excess charge and fare for travelling without proper pass orticket or beyond 
authorised distance. 
 
138. Levy of excess charge and fare for travelling without proper pass or ticket or beyond 
authorised distance.-(1) If any passenger,-- 
 
(a) being in or having alighted from a train, fails or refuses to present for examination or to 
deliver up his pass or ticket immediately on a demand being made therefor under section 
54, or

(b) travels in a train in contravention of the provisions of section 55, 
 
he shall be liable to pay, on the demand of any railway servant authorised in this behalf, the 
excess charge mentioned in sub-section 
(3) in addition to the ordinary single fare for the distance which he has travelled or, where there 
is any doubt as to the station from which he started, the ordinary single fare from the station from 
which the train originally started, or, if the tickets of passengers travelling in the train have been 
examined since the original starting of the train, the ordinary single fare from the place where the 
tickets were so examined or in the case of their having been examined more than once, were last 
examined. 
 
(2) If any passenger,-- 
 
(a) travels or attempts to travel in or on a carriage, or by a train, of a higher class than that for 
which he has obtained a pass or purchased a ticket; or 
 
(b) travels in or on a carriage beyond the place authorised by his pass or ticket, 
 
he shall be liable to pay, on the demand of any railway servant authorised in this behalf, any 
difference between the fare paid by him and the fare payable in respect of the journey he has 
made and the excess charge referred to in sub-section (3). 
 
(3) The excess charge shall be a sum equal to the amount payable under sub-section (1) or sub-
section (2), as the case may be, or fifty rupees, whichever is more: 
 
Provided that if the passenger has with him a certificate granted under sub-section (2) of section 

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