15. Power to exempt from application of Act—If in the opinion of the Central Government public interest requires that the advertisement of any specified drug ar class of drugs should be permitted, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that the provisions of sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 or any one of such provisions shall not apply or shall apply subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notification to or in relation to the advertisement of any such drug or class of drugs.
16. Power to make rules.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out th purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may
- (a) specify any disease or condition to which the provisions of section 3 shall apply;
- (b) prescribe the manner in which advertisements of articles or things referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 14 may be sent confidentially.
THE INDIAN RAILWAYS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1954
No. 22 of 1954
An Act further to amend the Indian Railways Act, 1890.
Be it enacted by Parliament as follows:
1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Indian Railways (Amendment) Act, 1954.
2. Substitution of new section for section 53 in Act IX of 1890.— For section 53 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—
"53. Maximum carrying capacity for wagons.—(1) The gross weight of every wagon or truck bearing on the axles when the wagon or truck is loaded to its maximum carrying capacity shall not exceed such limit as may be fixed by the Central Government for the class of axle under the wagon, or truck.
(2) Subject to the limit fixed under sub-section (1), every railway administration shall determine the normal. carrying capacity for every wagon or truck in its possession and shall exhibit the words and figures representing the normal carrying capacity so determined in a conspicuous manner on the outside of every such wagon or truck.
