Section 51: Duties of the Inspector of Railways

The duties of the Inspector of Railways shall be to-(a) inspect-
(i) any railway, or portion of a railway, which the Corporation proposes to open for the public carriage of passengers; and
(ii) any additional line of railways, deviation line, station or junction which the Corporation proposes to open and which forms a portion of, or is directly connected with a railway used for the public carriage of passengers, and to furnish a certificate to the Minister, that they are fit for their intended purpose;
(b) make such periodical or other inspections of any railway as the Minister may direct;
(c) make inquiry into and report to the Minister on the cause of any accident, which in the opinion of the Inspector of Railways, is of a serious nature;
(d) perform any other duties imposed on him by or under this Act.