(2) Any member of the Force aggrieved by an order made under sub-section (i) may appeal against the order to such authority as may be prescribed, and the decision of the said authority thereon shall be final.
Officers and members of the Force to be deemed to be railway servants. 10. The Inspector-General and every other superior officer and every member of the Force shall for all purposes be regarded as railway servants within the meaning of the Indian Railways Act, 18909 of 1890., other than Chapter VIA thereof, and shall be entitled to exercise the powers conferred on railway servants by or under that Act.
Duties of members of the Force. 11. It shall be the duty of every superior officer and member of the Force—
- (a) promptly to execute all orders lawfully issued to him by his superior authority;
- (b) to protect and safeguard railway property;
- (c) to remove any obstruction in the movement of railway property; and
- (d) to do any other act conducive to the better protection and security of railway property.
Power to arrest without warrant. 12. Any superior officer or member of the Force may, without an order from a Magistrate and without a warrant, arrest—
- (a) any person who has been concerned in an offence relating to railway property punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding six months, or against whom a reasonable suspicion exists of his having been so concerned; or
- (b) any person found taking precautions to conceal his presence within railway limits under circumstances which afford reason to believe that he is taking such precautions with a view to committing theft of, or damage to, railway property.
Power to search without warrant. 13. (1) Whenever any superior officer, or any member of the Force, not below the rank of a Senior Rakshak, has reason to believe that any such offence as is referred to in section 12 has been or is being committed and that a search-warrant cannot be obtained without affording the offender an opportunity of escaping or of concealing evidence of the offence, he may detain him and search his person and belongings forthwith and, if he thinks proper, arrest any person whom he has reason to believe to have committed the offence.
(2) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 18989 of 1890., relating to searches under that Code shall, so far as may be, apply to searches under this section.
