1. Short title and commencement .
(1)This Act may be called the Railways Act, 1989. (2)It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint:
Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference
in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the comin g
into force of that provision.