law: Railways Act, 1989
  65. Railway receipt.  
  (1) A railway administration shall,- 
  (a) in a case where the goods are to he loaded
  
  by a person entrusting such goods, on the completion of such loading; or
  (b) in any other case, on the acceptance of
  
  the goods by it, issue a railway receipt in such form as may be specified by
  
  the Central Government.
  (2) A railway receipt shall be, Prima facie evidence of the
  
  weight and the number of packages stated therein:
  Provided  that in the case of a consignment in wagon-load
  
  or train-load and the weight or the number of packages is not checked by a
  
  railway servant authorized in this behalf, and a statement to that effect is
  
  recorded in such railway receipt by him, the burden of proving the weight or,
  
  as the case may be, the number of packages stated therein, shall lie on the
  
  consignor, the consignee or the endorsee.