Section 162 - Amendment of Act 54 of 1987. - THE RAILWAY CLAIMS TRIBUNAL ACT, 1987 - Finance Act, 2017

D.-AMENDMENTS TO THE RAILWAY CLAIMS TRIBUNAL ACT, 1987 AND THE RAILWAYS ACT, 1989. Amendment of Act 54 of 1987. 162. In the Railway Claims Tribunal Act 1987,- (a) in section 3, after the words under this Act , the words, letters and figures and under Chapter VII of the Railways Act,1989 (24 of 1989) shall be inserted; (b) after section 9, the following section shall be substituted, namely:- Qualifications, terms and conditions of service of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Member. 9A. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the qualifications, appointment, term of office, salaries and allowances, resignation, removal and other terms and conditions of service of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and other Members of the Tribunal appointed after the commencement of Part XIV of Chapter VI of the Finance Act, 2017, shall be governed by the provisions of section 184 of that Act: Provided that the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Members appointed before the commencement of Part XIV of Chapter VI of the Finance Act, 2017, shall continue to be governed by the provisions of this Act, and the rules made thereunder as if the provisions of section 184 of the Finance Act, 2017, had not come into force. ; (c) in section 13, after sub-section (IA), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:- (1B) The Claims Tribunal shall also exercise, on and from the commencement of Part XIV of Chapter VI of the Finance Act, 2017, the jurisdiction, powers and authority conferred on the Tribunal under Chapter VII of the Railways Act,1989 (24 of 1989). ; (d) in section 15, for the words, brackets, figures and letter sub-sections (1) and (1A) , the words, brackets, figures and letters sub-sections (1), (1A) and (1B) shall be substituted; (e) in section 24, in sub-section (1), for the words, brackets, figure and letter or, as the case may be, the date of commencement of the provisions of sub-section (1A) , at both the places where they occur, the words, brackets, figures and letters or the date of commencement of the provisions of sub-section (1A), or, as the case may be, the date of commencement of the provisions of sub-section (1B) shall be substituted.