Date: 2026-06-19Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Notification for enforcement of provisions at SN 47 and 52 of the schedule to the Jan Vishwas Amendment of Provisions Act 2026 NO 8 of 2026 in the Official Gazette
**Subject: Implementation of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 regarding Railway Legislation**
**Notification Details**
* **Notification Number:** S.O. 3255(E)
* **Issuing Authority:** Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), Central Government of India
* **Publication Date:** June 19, 2026
* **Gazette Reference:** The Gazette of India: Extraordinary [Part II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)]; No. 3131
**Overview**
Pursuant to the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 (8 of 2026), the Central Government has officially appointed June 19, 2026, as the effective date for specific provisions within the Act’s Schedule.
**Scope of Enforcement**
The notification brings into force provisions associated with the following serial numbers and their corresponding legislative entries in the Act's Schedule:
1. **Serial Number 47:** Relating to the **Calcutta Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Temporary Provisions Act, 1985** (10 of 1985).
2. **Serial Number 52:** Relating to the **Railways Act, 1989** (24 of 1989).
**Administrative Details**
* **File Reference:** F. No. 2023/O&M/17/1(Vol.3)
* **Signatory:** T. Srinivas, Joint Secretary
* **Registry Number:** REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
* **Publication Office:** Uploaded by the Directorate of Printing at Government of India Press, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064; Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.
Key Entities Referenced
Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026: The primary legislation being implemented to decriminalize and rationalize offenses across various existing laws.
Ministry of Railways (Railway Board): The central administrative body responsible for notifying the enforcement of the Act's provisions relating to the railway sector.
Railways Act, 1989: Key legislation governing Indian Railways, specific entries of which (serial number 52) are brought into force by this notification.
Calcutta Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Temporary Provisions Act, 1985: Law governing the operations of the Calcutta Metro, with specific entries (serial number 47) being brought into force under this notification.
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असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 3131] नई दिल्ली, िुक्रवार, िनू 19, 2026/ज्य ष्े ठ 29, 1948
No. 3131] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2026/JYAISTHA 29, 1948
रेल मत्रं ालय
(रेलव ेबोडड)
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 19 िून, 2026
का.आ. 3255(अ).— केन्द्रीय सरकार, िन जवश्वास (उपबंधों का संिोधन) अजधजनयम, 2026 (2026 का 8) की
धारा 1 की उप-धारा (2) में प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, इस अजधसूचना के प्रकािन की तारीख को वह तारीख मानती
ह ै जिस पर उि अजधजनयम के उपबंध, िहां तक दक यह कलकत्ता मेरो रेलवे (पररचालन और रखरखाव) अस्ट्थायी उपबंध
अजधजनयम, 1985 (1985 का 10) और रेल अजधजनयम, 1989 (1989 का 24) स ेसंबंजधत उि अजधजनयम की अनुसूची म ें
क्रमांक संख्या 47 और 52 और उससे संबंजधत प्रजवजियों से संबंजधत ह,ै क्रमिः प्रवृत होंगे।
[फा. स. ं 2023/O&M/17/1/Vol.3]
टी. श्रीजनवास, संयुक् त सजचव
4523 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(Railway Board)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 19th June, 2026
S.O. 3255(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Jan Vishwas
(Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 (8 of 2026), the Central Government hereby appoints the date of publication of
this notification as the date on which the provisions of the said Act, in so far as it relates to serial numbers 47 and 52
and the entries relating thereto in the Schedule to the said Act, relating to the Calcutta Metro Railway (Operation and
Maintenance) Temporary Provisions Act, 1985 (10 of 1985) and the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989) respectively, shall
come into force.
[F. No. 2023/O&M/17/1(Vol.3)]
T. SRINIVAS, Jt. Secy.
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