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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Carriers Act, 1865 Section 6

In Respect of What Property Liability of Carrier Not Limited or Affected by Public Notice. Carriers, with Certain Exceptions, May Limit Liability by Special Contract

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Carriers Act, 1865 Section 6 is part of Carriers Act, 1865 - In Respect of What Property Liability of Carrier Not Limited or Affected by Public Notice. Carriers, with Certain Exceptions, May Limit Liability by Special Contract. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

The liability of any common carrier for the loss of or damage to any 1[property (including container pallet or similar article of transport used to consolidate goods) delivered] to him to be carried, not being of the description contained in the Schedule to this Act, shall not be deemed to be limited or affected by any public notice; but any such carrier, not being the owner of a railroad or tramroad constructed under the provisions of Act 22 of 1863 (to provide for taking land for works of public utility to be constructed by private persons or Companies, and for regulating the construction and use of works on land so taken) may, by special contract, signed by the owner of such property so delivered as last aforesaid or by some person duly authorised in that behalf by such owner, limit his liability in respect of the same.

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1. Substituted by Act 28 of 1993, section 31 and Schedule, Pt I, for "property delivered" (c.f.o. 16-10-1992).

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What does Carriers Act, 1865 Section 6 provide?

Section Section 6 of the Carriers Act, 1865 (In Respect of What Property Liability of Carrier Not Limited or Affected by Public Notice. Carriers, with Certain Exceptions, May Limit Liability by Special Contract) is reproduced on this page as part of the Carriers Act, 1865. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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