law: Railways Act, 1989
  67. Carriage of dangerous or offensive goods. 
  (1) No person shall take with him on a railway, or require a
  
  railway administration to carry such dangerous or offensive goods, as may be
  
  prescribed, except in accordance with the provisions of this section.
  (2) No person shall take with him on a railway the goods
  
  referred to in a sub-section (1) unless he gives a notice in writing of their
  
  dangerous or offensive nature to the railway servant authorized in this behalf.
  
  
  (3) No person shall entrust the goods referred to in sub-section
  
  (1) to a railway servant authorized in this behalf for carriage unless he
  
  distinctly marks on the outside of the package containing such goods their
  
  dangerous or offensive nature and gives a notice in writing of their dangerous
  
  or offensive nature to such railway servant.
  (4) If any railway servant has reason to believe that goods
  
  contained in a package are dangerous or offensive and notice as required under
  
  sub-section (2) or sub-section (3), as the case may be, in respect of such
  
  goods is not given, he may cause such package to be opened for the, purpose of
  
  ascertaining its contents.
  (5) Notwithstanding anything contained, in this section, any
  
  railway servant may refuse to accept any dangerous or offensive goods for
  
  carriage or stop, in transit such goods or cause the same to be removed, as the
  
  case may be, if he has reason to believe that the provisions of this section
  
  for such carriage are not complied with.
  (6) Nothing in this section shall be construed to derogate from
  
  the provisions of the Indian Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), or any rule or
  
  order made under that Act, and nothing in sub-sections (4) and (5) shall be
  
  construed to apply to any goods entrusted for carriage by order or on behalf of
  
  the Government or to any goods which a soldier, sailor, airman or any other
  
  officer of the armed forces of the Union or a police officer or a member of the
  
  Territorial Army or of the National Cadet Corps may take with him on a railway
  
  in the course of his employment or duty as such.