18. Application of Act 9 of 1890 and the rules, etc., made thereunder to the metro railway.—
Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, the provisions of the Indian Railways Act, 1890, and
the rules, orders or notifications made or issued thereunder shall, so far as may be, and subject to such
modifications as may be necessary, apply to the operation and maintenance of the metro railway, as if
such metro railway were a railway as defined under that Act, and the references to “railway
administration” and “inspector” in that Act shall be construed as references to the “metro railway
administration” and “commissioner” respectively.
19. Effect of Act and rules, etc., inconsistent with other enactments.—The provisions of this Act
or any rule made or any notification issued thereunder shall have effect notwithstanding anything
inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than this Act or in any instrument having effect
by virtue of any enactment other than this Act.
20. Protection of action taken in good faith.—(1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding
shall lie against the Central Government, the metro railway administration or any officer or other
employee of that Government or the metro railway administration for anything which is in good faith
done or intended to be done under this Act.
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(2) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Central Government or the
metro railway administration or any officer or other employee of that Government or the metro railway
administration for any damage caused or likely to be caused by anything which is in good faith done or
intended to be done under this Act.
21. Power to remove difficulties.—If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this
Act, the Central Government may, by order, do anything not inconsistent with such provisions which
appears to it to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the difficulty:
Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years from the
commencement of this Act.
22. Power to make rules.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may
provide for the following matters, namely:—
(a) the terms and conditions of service of the officers and other employees of the metro railway
administration under sub-section (2) of section 3;
(b) the cases in which and the extent to which the procedure specified in section 4 for the opening
of the metro railway for public carriage of passengers may be dispensed with;
(c) the volume and weight of the baggage containing personal belongings that may be carried by
a person while travelling in the metro railway;
(d) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed.
(3) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each
House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in
one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately
following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification
in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only
in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or
annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.
23. Repeal and saving.—(1) The Calcutta Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Temporary
Provisions Ordinance, 1984 (13 of 1984), is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said Ordinance, shall be
deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act